| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] only a few | 345 |
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| 2 | be only a few | 312 |
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| 3 | [be] only a few | 312 |
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| 4 | [prep] only a few | 301 |
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| 5 | [prep] only a few | 301 |
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| 6 | [conj] only a few | 185 |
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| 7 | [was/were] only a few | 126 |
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| 8 | [noun] only a few | 122 |
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| 9 | [coord] only a few | 98 |
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| 10 | [vb past] only a few | 97 |
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| 11 | [is] only a few | 83 |
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| 12 | [noun sg] only a few | 82 |
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| 13 | [adv] only a few | 75 |
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| 14 | [am/are] only a few | 73 |
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| 15 | are only a few | 71 |
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| 16 | was only a few | 68 |
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| 17 | and only a few | 67 |
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| 18 | and only a few | 67 |
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| 19 | with only a few | 64 |
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| 20 | with only a few | 64 |
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| 21 | of only a few | 59 |
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| 22 | [vb pp] only a few | 59 |
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| 23 | of only a few | 59 |
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| 24 | were only a few | 58 |
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| 25 | [subord] only a few | 56 |
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| 26 | [adv] only a few | 52 |
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| 27 | for only a few | 51 |
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| 28 | for only a few | 51 |
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| 29 | have only a few | 47 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] only a few | 47 |
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