| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] [v-ing] for the first time | 43 |
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| 2 | be [v-ing] for the first time | 43 |
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| 3 | [noun] [v-ing] for the first time | 22 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [v-ing] for the first time | 21 |
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| 5 | was [v-ing] for the first time | 16 |
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| 6 | [conj] [v-ing] for the first time | 12 |
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| 7 | [noun sg] [v-ing] for the first time | 12 |
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| 8 | [prep] [v-ing] for the first time | 12 |
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| 9 | [prep] [v-ing] for the first time | 12 |
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| 10 | [is] [v-ing] for the first time | 8 |
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| 11 | is [v-ing] for the first time | 8 |
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| 12 | [coord] [v-ing] for the first time | 8 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] [v-ing] for the first time | 8 |
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| 14 | [adv] [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 15 | [verb] [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 16 | and [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 17 | and [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 18 | be [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 19 | [adv] [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 20 | [be] [v-ing] for the first time | 6 |
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| 21 | [am/are] [v-ing] for the first time | 5 |
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| 22 | were [v-ing] for the first time | 5 |
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| 23 | [v-ing] [pron] for the first time | 52 |
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| 24 | [v-ing] [noun] for the first time | 50 |
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| 25 | [v-ing] [pers pn] for the first time | 46 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] [adv] for the first time | 36 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] [adv] for the first time | 25 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] [noun sg] for the first time | 22 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] [noun pl] for the first time | 15 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] it for the first time | 13 |
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