SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [prep] the first time [prep]	404
2	[verb] for the first time [prep]	404
3	[vb pp] [prep] the first time [prep]	198
4	[verb] [prep] the first time in	194
5	[vb past] [prep] the first time [prep]	95
6	[v-ing] [prep] the first time [prep]	53
7	[verb] [prep] the first time on	44
8	meet [prep] the first time [prep]	38
9	[verb] [prep] the first time since	33
10	[verb] [prep] the first time by	24
11	[verb] [prep] the first time at	21
12	[to-vb] [prep] the first time [prep]	19
13	met [prep] the first time [prep]	18
14	[verb] [prep] the first time to	18
15	[vb -s] [prep] the first time [prep]	16
16	[vb base] [prep] the first time [prep]	14
17	[verb] [prep] the first time about	14
18	appear [prep] the first time [prep]	13
19	speak [prep] the first time [prep]	11
20	[verb] [prep] the first time for	11
21	met [prep] the first time [prep]	10
22	hold [prep] the first time [prep]	10
23	held [prep] the first time [prep]	10
24	[vb infin] [prep] the first time [prep]	9
25	introduce [prep] the first time [prep]	8
26	show [prep] the first time [prep]	8
27	[verb] [prep] the first time with	8
28	introduced [prep] the first time [prep]	7
29	talk [prep] the first time [prep]	7
30	fly [prep] the first time [prep]	7