SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [prep] the first time [prep]	572
2	[verb] [prep] the first time [prep]	404
3	[noun sg] [prep] the first time [prep]	380
4	[vb pp] [prep] the first time [prep]	198
5	[adv] [prep] the first time [prep]	129
6	[noun pl] [prep] the first time [prep]	105
7	[vb past] [prep] the first time [prep]	95
8	[adv] [prep] the first time [prep]	91
9	[adj] [prep] the first time [prep]	83
10	[noun prp] [prep] the first time [prep]	78
11	[conj] [prep] the first time [prep]	74
12	[v-ing] [prep] the first time [prep]	53
13	[pron] [prep] the first time [prep]	51
14	[coord] [prep] the first time [prep]	45
15	[adj] [prep] the first time [prep]	43
16	and [prep] the first time [prep]	41
17	and [prep] the first time [prep]	41
18	meet [prep] the first time [prep]	38
19	[pers pn] [prep] the first time [prep]	37
20	[num] [prep] the first time [prep]	28
21	[adv prt] [prep] the first time [prep]	24
22	that [prep] the first time [prep]	20
23	[that] [prep] the first time [prep]	20
24	that [prep] the first time [prep]	20
25	[to-vb] [prep] the first time [prep]	19
26	met [prep] the first time [prep]	18
27	[vb -s] [prep] the first time [prep]	16
28	not [prep] the first time [prep]	14
29	[not/n't] [prep] the first time [prep]	14
30	[vb base] [prep] the first time [prep]	14