SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[be] the first man	50
2	be the first man	50
3	[verb] the first man	38
4	[was/were] the first man	27
5	was the first man	26
6	[vb past] the first man	23
7	become the first man	23
8	[prep] the first man	22
9	[prep] the first man	22
10	[adv] the first man	16
11	became the first man	13
12	[adv] the first man	12
13	[be] the first man	10
14	be the first man	10
15	[conj] the first man	8
16	[been] the first man	8
17	been the first man	8
18	as the first man	7
19	as the first man	7
20	[v-ing] the first man	6
21	to become the first man	5
22	to the first man	5
23	probably the first man	5
24	[to-vb] the first man	5
25	probably the first man	5
26	to the first man	5
27	the first [adj] man	31
28	the first [adj] man	31
29	the first black man	6
30	the first [noun] man	6