| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [adj] [prep] the first [noun] | 180 |
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| 2 | was [num] [prep] the first [noun] | 126 |
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| 3 | was [adj] of the first [noun] | 124 |
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| 4 | was one [prep] the first [noun] | 124 |
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| 5 | was [adj] of the first [noun] | 124 |
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| 6 | was one [prep] the first [noun] | 124 |
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| 7 | was [adj] [prep] the first [noun pl] | 98 |
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| 8 | was [adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] | 65 |
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| 9 | was [adj] [prep] the first [noun] | 49 |
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| 10 | was [adj] in the first [noun] | 26 |
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| 11 | was [adj] in the first [noun] | 26 |
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| 12 | was [adj] for the first [noun] | 18 |
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| 13 | was [adj] for the first [noun] | 18 |
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| 14 | was [adj] [prep] the first time | 16 |
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| 15 | was [adj] [prep] the first time | 16 |
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| 16 | was [adj] [prep] the first place | 14 |
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| 17 | was [adj] [prep] the first place | 13 |
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| 18 | was [adj] [prep] the first [n mass] | 12 |
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| 19 | was [adj] [prep] the first people | 9 |
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| 20 | was [adj] [prep] the first people | 9 |
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| 21 | was [adj] [prep] the first woman | 8 |
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| 22 | was [adj] [prep] the first women | 8 |
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| 23 | was [adj] [prep] the first thing | 6 |
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| 24 | was [adj] [prep] the first things | 6 |
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| 25 | was [adj] [prep] the first [noun prp] | 5 |
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