| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 406 |
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| 2 | [prep] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 229 |
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| 3 | [prep] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 229 |
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| 4 | [vb past] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 131 |
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| 5 | [adv] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 108 |
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| 6 | [conj] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 90 |
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| 7 | [adv] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 77 |
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| 8 | [vb pp] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 76 |
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| 9 | for a couple of [noun] [prep] | 75 |
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| 10 | for a couple of [noun] [prep] | 75 |
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| 11 | be a couple of [noun] [prep] | 63 |
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| 12 | [be] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 63 |
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| 13 | [coord] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 59 |
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| 14 | [vb base] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 57 |
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| 15 | and a couple of [noun] [prep] | 54 |
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| 16 | and a couple of [noun] [prep] | 54 |
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| 17 | have a couple of [noun] [prep] | 52 |
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| 18 | [noun] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 50 |
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| 19 | [to-vb] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 49 |
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| 20 | take a couple of [noun] [prep] | 41 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 37 |
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| 22 | [noun sg] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 23 | [vb infin] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 24 | with a couple of [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 25 | with a couple of [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 26 | only a couple of [noun] [prep] | 31 |
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| 27 | only a couple of [noun] [prep] | 31 |
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| 28 | [adv prt] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 29 |
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| 29 | [pron] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 29 |
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| 30 | [subord] a couple of [noun] [prep] | 29 |
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