| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] a few [prep] the | 163 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [prep] the | 147 |
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| 3 | [verb] a few [prep] the | 97 |
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| 4 | just a few [prep] the | 66 |
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| 5 | just a few [prep] the | 66 |
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| 6 | [prep] a few [prep] the | 59 |
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| 7 | [prep] a few [prep] the | 59 |
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| 8 | [conj] a few [prep] the | 48 |
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| 9 | only a few [prep] the | 43 |
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| 10 | only a few [prep] the | 43 |
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| 11 | [coord] a few [prep] the | 37 |
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| 12 | quite a few [prep] the | 31 |
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| 13 | quite a few [prep] the | 31 |
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| 14 | and a few [prep] the | 23 |
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| 15 | and a few [prep] the | 23 |
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| 16 | [to-vb] a few [prep] the | 22 |
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| 17 | be a few [prep] the | 19 |
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| 18 | [be] a few [prep] the | 19 |
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| 19 | [vb past] a few [prep] the | 17 |
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| 20 | [vb infin] a few [prep] the | 17 |
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| 21 | [vb pp] a few [prep] the | 16 |
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| 22 | but a few [prep] the | 14 |
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| 23 | but a few [prep] the | 14 |
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| 24 | [am/are] a few [prep] the | 13 |
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| 25 | are a few [prep] the | 13 |
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| 26 | of a few [prep] the | 12 |
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| 27 | of a few [prep] the | 12 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] a few [prep] the | 11 |
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| 29 | [vb base] a few [prep] the | 10 |
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| 30 | [adv prt] a few [prep] the | 9 |
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