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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[art] few years [adv] [pers pn]	78
2	a few years [adv] [pers pn]	78
3	a few years [adv] [pers pn]	78
4	[art] few years [adv] [pers pn]	78
5	few years [adv] [conj] [pers pn]	33
6	few years [adv] [subord] [pers pn]	20
7	few years [adv] when [pers pn]	13
8	few years [adv] when [pers pn]	13
9	few years [adv] [coord] [pers pn]	8
10	few years [adv] and [pers pn]	7
11	few years [adv] and [pers pn]	7
12	few years [adv] [that] [pers pn]	5
13	few years [adv] that [pers pn]	5
14	few years [adv] that [pers pn]	5
15	few years [adv] [pers pn] [verb]	43
16	few years [adv] [pers pn] [vb past]	41
17	few years [adv] [pers pn] be	26
18	few years [adv] [pers pn] [be]	26
19	few years [adv] [pers pn] [was/were]	23
20	few years [adv] [pers pn] was	16
21	few years [adv] [pers pn] have	10
22	few years [adv] [pers pn] had	8
23	few years [adv] [pers pn] [modal v]	8
24	few years [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod]	8
25	few years [adv] [pers pn] were	7
26	few years [adv] [pers pn] would	6
27	few years [adv] [pers pn] would	5