SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] for the first time	1728
2	[noun sg] for the first time	1143
3	[verb] for the first time	1027
4	[adv] for the first time	495
5	[vb pp] for the first time	402
6	[noun pl] for the first time	315
7	[conj] for the first time	286
8	[adv] for the first time	278
9	[vb past] for the first time	260
10	[noun prp] for the first time	245
11	[pron] for the first time	235
12	[adj] for the first time	211
13	[coord] for the first time	188
14	[pers pn] for the first time	185
15	[v-ing] for the first time	169
16	and for the first time	167
17	and for the first time	167
18	not for the first time	152
19	[not/n't] for the first time	152
20	not for the first time	152
21	[adj] for the first time	111
22	meet for the first time	80
23	[num] for the first time	68
24	that for the first time	63
25	that for the first time	63
26	[that] for the first time	63
27	[adv prt] for the first time	61
28	[to-vb] for the first time	57
29	[vb base] for the first time	55
30	[vb -s] for the first time	54