SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[be] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	210
2	be first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	210
3	[was/were] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	174
4	was first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	132
5	[pron] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	115
6	[noun] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	110
7	[pers pn] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	93
8	the first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	85
9	[art] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	85
10	[art] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	85
11	the first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	85
12	[noun sg] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	61
13	[verb] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	53
14	have first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	45
15	[vb past] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	43
16	were first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	42
17	had first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	37
18	[prep] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	35
19	[prep] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	35
20	i first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	34
21	i first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	34
22	[noun prp] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	28
23	at first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	26
24	at first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	26
25	[is] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	23
26	is first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	23
27	[noun pl] first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	21
28	they first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	19
29	they first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	18
30	he first [verb] [prep] the [noun]	17