SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be first [verb] in the	106
2	[be] first [verb] in the	106
3	[was/were] first [verb] in the	89
4	was first [verb] in the	62
5	[noun] first [verb] in the	54
6	[pron] first [verb] in the	41
7	[noun sg] first [verb] in the	37
8	were first [verb] in the	27
9	[pers pn] first [verb] in the	25
10	[verb] first [verb] in the	20
11	have first [verb] in the	18
12	[vb past] first [verb] in the	16
13	had first [verb] in the	14
14	[is] first [verb] in the	12
15	is first [verb] in the	12
16	[noun pl] first [verb] in the	9
17	[conj] first [verb] in the	9
18	the first [verb] in the	8
19	[art] first [verb] in the	8
20	which first [verb] in the	8
21	[art] first [verb] in the	8
22	[Wh det] first [verb] in the	8
23	the first [verb] in the	8
24	[noun prp] first [verb] in the	8
25	which first [verb] in the	8
26	[subord] first [verb] in the	7
27	they first [verb] in the	7
28	they first [verb] in the	7
29	[pos pn] first [verb] in the	7
30	he first [verb] in the	6