| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a little [noun] | 2681 |
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| 2 | [prep] a little [noun] | 1820 |
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| 3 | [prep] a little [noun] | 1819 |
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| 4 | be a little [noun] | 1074 |
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| 5 | [be] a little [noun] | 1074 |
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| 6 | [adv] a little [noun] | 879 |
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| 7 | [vb past] a little [noun] | 709 |
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| 8 | [adv] a little [noun] | 638 |
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| 9 | have a little [noun] | 515 |
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| 10 | [vb base] a little [noun] | 472 |
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| 11 | with a little [noun] | 451 |
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| 12 | with a little [noun] | 451 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] a little [noun] | 450 |
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| 14 | [was/were] a little [noun] | 408 |
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| 15 | [conj] a little [noun] | 405 |
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| 16 | [is] a little [noun] | 399 |
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| 17 | [pron] a little [noun] | 368 |
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| 18 | was a little [noun] | 363 |
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| 19 | [to-vb] a little [noun] | 338 |
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| 20 | for a little [noun] | 319 |
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| 21 | for a little [noun] | 319 |
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| 22 | [pers pn] a little [noun] | 301 |
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| 23 | [coord] a little [noun] | 295 |
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| 24 | [vb pp] a little [noun] | 287 |
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| 25 | just a little [noun] | 283 |
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| 26 | just a little [noun] | 283 |
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| 27 | in a little [noun] | 276 |
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| 28 | in a little [noun] | 276 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] a little [noun] | 272 |
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| 30 | 's a little [noun] | 258 |
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