| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 810 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 780 |
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| 3 | [noun] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 732 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 706 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 448 |
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| 6 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 404 |
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| 7 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 404 |
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| 8 | only a few [noun pl] [adv] | 337 |
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| 9 | only a few [noun pl] [adv] | 337 |
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| 10 | [vb past] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 306 |
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| 11 | [conj] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 261 |
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| 12 | [vb pp] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 185 |
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| 13 | [noun prp] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 178 |
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| 14 | just a few [noun pl] [adv] | 177 |
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| 15 | just a few [noun pl] [adv] | 177 |
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| 16 | [coord] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 172 |
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| 17 | for a few [noun pl] [adv] | 149 |
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| 18 | for a few [noun pl] [adv] | 149 |
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| 19 | [pron] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 118 |
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| 20 | and a few [noun pl] [adv] | 115 |
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| 21 | and a few [noun pl] [adv] | 115 |
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| 22 | [be] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 113 |
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| 23 | be a few [noun pl] [adv] | 113 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 100 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 90 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 89 |
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| 27 | [to-vb] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 72 |
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| 28 | [adv prt] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 69 |
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| 29 | [vb base] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 67 |
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| 30 | [adj] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 67 |
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