SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [pers pn] the first time	39
2	[prep] [pers pn] the first time	17
3	[prep] [pers pn] the first time	17
4	[vb past] [pers pn] the first time	15
5	[vb infin] [pers pn] the first time	8
6	to [pers pn] the first time	7
7	to [pers pn] the first time	7
8	[vb pp] [pers pn] the first time	7
9	hear [pers pn] the first time	5
10	[pers pn] be the first time	524
11	[pers pn] [be] the first time	524
12	[pers pn] [was/were] the first time	325
13	[pers pn] was the first time	324
14	[pers pn] [is] the first time	198
15	[pers pn] [prep] the first time	194
16	[pers pn] [prep] the first time	194
17	[pers pn] for the first time	185
18	[pers pn] for the first time	185
19	[pers pn] 's the first time	123
20	[pers pn] is the first time	75
21	[pers pn] [verb] the first time	49
22	[pers pn] [vb base] the first time	25
23	[pers pn] [vb past] the first time	20
24	[pers pn] remember the first time	14
25	[pers pn] remember the first time	10
26	[pers pn] [adv] the first time	9
27	[pers pn] [adv] the first time	7
28	[pers pn] [adj] the first time	6
29	[pers pn] [adj] the first time	6
30	[pers pn] know the first time	5