| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [vb past] [prep] a few [noun] | 230 |
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| 2 | [vb past] [prep] a few [noun] | 230 |
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| 3 | [vb past] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 220 |
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| 4 | [vb past] for a few [noun] | 112 |
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| 5 | [vb past] for a few [noun] | 112 |
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| 6 | [vb past] [prep] a few minutes | 36 |
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| 7 | [vb past] [prep] a few moment | 36 |
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| 8 | [vb past] [prep] a few moments | 36 |
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| 9 | [vb past] [prep] a few minute | 36 |
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| 10 | [vb past] [prep] a few second | 33 |
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| 11 | [vb past] [prep] a few seconds | 33 |
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| 12 | [vb past] within a few [noun] | 28 |
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| 13 | [vb past] within a few [noun] | 28 |
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| 14 | [vb past] after a few [noun] | 22 |
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| 15 | [vb past] after a few [noun] | 22 |
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| 16 | [vb past] [prep] a few day | 18 |
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| 17 | [vb past] in a few [noun] | 18 |
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| 18 | [vb past] in a few [noun] | 18 |
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| 19 | [vb past] [prep] a few days | 18 |
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| 20 | [vb past] [prep] a few months | 14 |
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| 21 | [vb past] [prep] a few month | 14 |
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| 22 | stood [prep] a few [noun] | 14 |
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| 23 | [vb past] [prep] a few week | 13 |
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| 24 | [vb past] [prep] a few weeks | 13 |
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| 25 | [vb past] [prep] a few years | 11 |
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| 26 | [vb past] [prep] a few year | 11 |
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| 27 | [vb past] on a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 28 | went [prep] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 29 | [vb past] on a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 30 | came [prep] a few [noun] | 10 |
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