| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun sg] [prep] | 2630 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [prep] the first [noun] [prep] | 1866 |
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| 3 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun] of | 1719 |
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| 4 | [noun] for the first [noun] [prep] | 765 |
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| 5 | [noun] in the first [noun] [prep] | 720 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] [prep] the first [noun] [prep] | 616 |
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| 7 | [noun] [prep] the first time [prep] | 572 |
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| 8 | [noun] [prep] the first time [prep] | 572 |
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| 9 | [noun] of the first [noun] [prep] | 524 |
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| 10 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun] in | 493 |
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| 11 | [noun] [prep] the first half [prep] | 344 |
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| 12 | [noun] [prep] the first half [prep] | 344 |
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| 13 | [noun prp] [prep] the first [noun] [prep] | 279 |
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| 14 | [noun] on the first [noun] [prep] | 206 |
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| 15 | [noun] [prep] the first year [prep] | 142 |
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| 16 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun pl] [prep] | 138 |
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| 17 | [noun] [prep] the first quarter [prep] | 137 |
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| 18 | [noun] [prep] the first quarter [prep] | 137 |
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| 19 | [noun] during the first [noun] [prep] | 128 |
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| 20 | [noun] [prep] the first year [prep] | 118 |
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| 21 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun] since | 111 |
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| 22 | [noun] [prep] the first day [prep] | 98 |
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| 23 | [noun] [prep] the first round [prep] | 97 |
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| 24 | [noun] [prep] the first round [prep] | 97 |
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| 25 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun] at | 86 |
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| 26 | [noun] [prep] the first [noun] on | 86 |
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| 27 | [noun] to the first [noun] [prep] | 85 |
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| 28 | [noun] [prep] the first day [prep] | 82 |
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| 29 | [noun] [prep] the first week [prep] | 82 |
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| 30 | [noun] [prep] the first part [prep] | 80 |
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