SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [prep] the [num ord] time	1272
2	[verb] for the [num ord] time	1223
3	[verb] [prep] the first time	1044
4	[vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] time	502
5	[vb past] [prep] the [num ord] time	332
6	[v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] time	187
7	meet [prep] the [num ord] time	83
8	[verb] [prep] the second time	74
9	[vb base] [prep] the [num ord] time	72
10	[to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] time	70
11	[verb] [prep] the last time	67
12	[vb -s] [prep] the [num ord] time	64
13	[vb infin] [prep] the [num ord] time	45
14	speak [prep] the [num ord] time	39
15	see [prep] the [num ord] time	38
16	met [prep] the [num ord] time	28
17	notice [prep] the [num ord] time	24
18	[verb] [prep] the third time	24
19	met [prep] the [num ord] time	24
20	have [prep] the [num ord] time	21
21	spoke [prep] the [num ord] time	21
22	appear [prep] the [num ord] time	21
23	admit [prep] the [num ord] time	20
24	win [prep] the [num ord] time	19
25	show [prep] the [num ord] time	19
26	meeting [prep] the [num ord] time	18
27	reveal [prep] the [num ord] time	16
28	hold [prep] the [num ord] time	15
29	[verb] [prep] the next time	15
30	realise [prep] the [num ord] time	15