| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a few [noun] [pron] | 485 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun] [pron] | 485 |
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| 3 | after a few [noun] [pron] | 135 |
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| 4 | after a few [noun] [pron] | 135 |
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| 5 | for a few [noun] [pron] | 120 |
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| 6 | for a few [noun] [pron] | 120 |
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| 7 | in a few [noun] [pron] | 96 |
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| 8 | in a few [noun] [pron] | 96 |
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| 9 | within a few [noun] [pron] | 83 |
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| 10 | within a few [noun] [pron] | 83 |
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| 11 | [verb] a few [noun] [pron] | 75 |
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| 12 | [adv] a few [noun] [pron] | 70 |
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| 13 | be a few [noun] [pron] | 65 |
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| 14 | [be] a few [noun] [pron] | 65 |
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| 15 | [adv] a few [noun] [pron] | 57 |
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| 16 | are a few [noun] [pron] | 35 |
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| 17 | [am/are] a few [noun] [pron] | 35 |
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| 18 | [conj] a few [noun] [pron] | 24 |
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| 19 | quite a few [noun] [pron] | 21 |
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| 20 | quite a few [noun] [pron] | 21 |
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| 21 | of a few [noun] [pron] | 18 |
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| 22 | of a few [noun] [pron] | 18 |
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| 23 | [vb pp] a few [noun] [pron] | 17 |
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| 24 | [coord] a few [noun] [pron] | 17 |
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| 25 | have a few [noun] [pron] | 16 |
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| 26 | only a few [noun] [pron] | 15 |
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| 27 | [was/were] a few [noun] [pron] | 15 |
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| 28 | [vb base] a few [noun] [pron] | 15 |
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| 29 | only a few [noun] [pron] | 15 |
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| 30 | were a few [noun] [pron] | 14 |
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