SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adv] [prep] the first [noun] [prep]	487
2	[adv] [prep] the first [noun sg] [prep]	446
3	[adv] [prep] the first time [prep]	129
4	[adv] [prep] the first time [prep]	129
5	[adv] [prep] the first half [prep]	49
6	[adv] [prep] the first half [prep]	49
7	[adv] [prep] the first [noun pl] [prep]	29
8	[adv] [prep] the first year [prep]	20
9	[adv] [prep] the first part [prep]	19
10	[adv] [prep] the first part [prep]	19
11	[adv] [prep] the first year [prep]	17
12	[adv] [prep] the first day [prep]	17
13	[adv] [prep] the first week [prep]	16
14	[adv] [prep] the first round [prep]	15
15	[adv] [prep] the first quarter [prep]	15
16	[adv] [prep] the first round [prep]	15
17	[adv] [prep] the first quarter [prep]	15
18	[adv] [prep] the first day [prep]	13
19	[adv] [prep] the first week [prep]	13
20	[adv] [prep] the first leg [prep]	10
21	[adv] [prep] the first leg [prep]	10
22	[adv] [prep] the first meeting [prep]	8
23	[adv] [prep] the first [noun prp] [prep]	8
24	[adv] [prep] the first meeting [prep]	8
25	[adv] [prep] the first sign [prep]	8
26	[adv] [prep] the first decade [prep]	6
27	[adv] [prep] the first place [prep]	5
28	[adv] [prep] the first place [prep]	5
29	[adv] [prep] the first [adj] [prep]	5
30	[verb] [adv] [prep] the first [prep]	26