| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | for the first time [verb] in | 8 |
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| 2 | for the first time [conj] in | 8 |
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| 3 | for the first time [adv] in | 8 |
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| 4 | for the first time [adv] in | 8 |
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| 5 | for the first time ever in | 6 |
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| 6 | for the first time ever in | 6 |
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| 7 | for the first time and in | 5 |
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| 8 | for the first time [coord] in | 5 |
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| 9 | for the first time and in | 5 |
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| 10 | [noun] for the first time in | 313 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] for the first time in | 201 |
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| 12 | [verb] for the first time in | 194 |
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| 13 | [vb pp] for the first time in | 100 |
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| 14 | [adv] for the first time in | 65 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] for the first time in | 60 |
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| 16 | [conj] for the first time in | 59 |
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| 17 | [adj] for the first time in | 49 |
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| 18 | [noun prp] for the first time in | 47 |
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| 19 | [adv] for the first time in | 44 |
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| 20 | [vb past] for the first time in | 38 |
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| 21 | [coord] for the first time in | 37 |
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| 22 | and for the first time in | 33 |
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| 23 | and for the first time in | 33 |
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| 24 | [adj] for the first time in | 30 |
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| 25 | [v-ing] for the first time in | 21 |
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| 26 | [pron] for the first time in | 18 |
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| 27 | meet for the first time in | 16 |
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| 28 | that for the first time in | 15 |
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| 29 | that for the first time in | 15 |
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| 30 | [that] for the first time in | 15 |
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