SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [art] first [noun sg] in	211
2	[verb] the first [noun] in	205
3	[vb past] [art] first [noun] in	89
4	[vb pp] [art] first [noun] in	42
5	become [art] first [noun] in	40
6	[to-vb] [art] first [noun] in	35
7	[verb] a first [noun] in	32
8	[v-ing] [art] first [noun] in	24
9	[verb] [art] first [noun pl] in	20
10	[vb base] [art] first [noun] in	20
11	[verb] [art] first step in	19
12	became [art] first [noun] in	18
13	make [art] first [noun] in	15
14	[verb] [art] first class in	15
15	[verb] [art] first class in	15
16	[vb infin] [art] first [noun] in	14
17	[vb -s] [art] first [noun] in	13
18	take [art] first [noun] in	12
19	[verb] [art] first step in	10
20	obtain [art] first [noun] in	9
21	[verb] [art] first steps in	9
22	to become [art] first [noun] in	8
23	win [art] first [noun] in	8
24	become [art] first [noun] in	7
25	have [art] first [noun] in	7
26	[verb] [art] first time in	7
27	[verb] [art] first prize in	7
28	[verb] [art] first time in	7
29	[verb] [art] first prize in	7
30	provide [art] first [noun] in	6