SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] [verb] for the first time	140
2	[pers pn] [vb past] for the first time	113
3	[pers pn] [adv] for the first time	16
4	[pers pn] [adv] for the first time	13
5	[pers pn] meet for the first time	13
6	[pers pn] [vb base] for the first time	13
7	[pers pn] notice for the first time	12
8	[pers pn] noticed for the first time	12
9	[pers pn] met for the first time	11
10	[pers pn] realised for the first time	9
11	[pers pn] realise for the first time	9
12	[pers pn] [vb -s] for the first time	8
13	[pers pn] see for the first time	7
14	[pers pn] be for the first time	7
15	[pers pn] [be] for the first time	7
16	[pers pn] saw for the first time	6
17	[pers pn] [adj] for the first time	6
18	[pers pn] [adj] for the first time	6
19	[pers pn] [was/were] for the first time	5
20	[verb] [pers pn] for the first time	124
21	[prep] [pers pn] for the first time	60
22	[prep] [pers pn] for the first time	60
23	[v-ing] [pers pn] for the first time	46
24	[vb past] [pers pn] for the first time	38
25	see [pers pn] for the first time	35
26	meet [pers pn] for the first time	24
27	seeing [pers pn] for the first time	22
28	at [pers pn] for the first time	22
29	at [pers pn] for the first time	22
30	to [pers pn] for the first time	17