SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[art] [noun] were [prep] the first	7
2	the [noun] were [prep] the first	7
3	[conj] [noun] were [prep] the first	7
4	[noun] [noun] were [prep] the first	7
5	the [noun] were [prep] the first	7
6	[art] [noun] were [prep] the first	7
7	[adj] [noun] were [prep] the first	6
8	[pron] [noun] were [prep] the first	5
9	[noun] [noun] were [prep] the first	7
10	[noun] were [verb] [prep] the first	119
11	[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the first	111
12	[noun] were [adj] [prep] the first	17
13	[noun] were [adj] [prep] the first	14
14	[noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the first	8
15	[noun] were [adv] [prep] the first	5
16	[noun] were [prep] the first [noun]	22
17	[noun] were [prep] the first [noun sg]	13
18	[noun] were [prep] the first [verb]	10
19	[noun] were [prep] the first [to-vb]	10
20	[noun] were [prep] the first [noun pl]	7