| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun] | 460 |
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| 2 | [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun] | 460 |
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| 3 | [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun sg] | 439 |
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| 4 | [v-ing] for the first [noun] | 189 |
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| 5 | [v-ing] [prep] the first time | 169 |
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| 6 | [v-ing] [prep] the first time | 169 |
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| 7 | [v-ing] in the first [noun] | 111 |
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| 8 | [v-ing] [prep] the first place | 42 |
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| 9 | [v-ing] [prep] the first place | 42 |
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| 10 | [v-ing] to the first [noun] | 32 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] from the first [noun] | 24 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] at the first [noun] | 21 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] [prep] the first half | 18 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] [prep] the first half | 18 |
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| 15 | meeting [prep] the first [noun] | 18 |
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| 16 | [v-ing] on the first [noun] | 15 |
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| 17 | [v-ing] with the first [noun] | 14 |
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| 18 | [v-ing] [prep] the first [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 19 | [v-ing] [prep] the first year | 12 |
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| 20 | speaking [prep] the first [noun] | 12 |
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| 21 | playing [prep] the first [noun] | 12 |
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| 22 | [v-ing] [prep] the first year | 12 |
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| 23 | going [prep] the first [noun] | 10 |
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| 24 | seeing [prep] the first [noun] | 9 |
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| 25 | talking [prep] the first [noun] | 9 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] [prep] the first world | 9 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] [prep] the first day | 9 |
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| 28 | according [prep] the first [noun] | 9 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] [prep] the first world | 9 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] [prep] the first round | 9 |
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