Example sentences of "n't [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 2 | It was n't the first such attack . |
| 3 | Many of the young people today have n't the first idea of what 's going on . ’ |
| 4 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 5 | Of course Joy had n't the first idea what it was . |
| 6 | The Traction Avant — driven famously by Maigret — was n't the first front-wheel-drive car , but its demountable engine/drive system made it workable , sort of . |
| 7 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 8 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 9 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 10 | This was n't the first time it had got me into trouble , but I intended to make damn sure it was the last . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 12 | This is n't the first Selecta Fiat , the concept has been used on Unos for some years and Fiat assures me that these automatics are dramatically improved from the older designs still used by other manufacturers . |
| 13 | Morrison is n't the first African-American author to become enamoured with ‘ the sound ’ . |
| 14 | Early maternal deprivation had clearly left him with a hankering for mother figures in his life and I was n't the first . |
| 15 | This was n't the first time the pin in the tower blew out , it used to happen one in every six mixes . |
| 16 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 17 | But this was n't the first time Perkins had been charged with drug possession in Britain . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 19 | I can assure Graham he will be the loneliest man in football , reviled by people who have n't the first clue about the game , but who will go right along with the bloodsuckers willing him to fail . |
| 20 | And he admitted this was n't the first time his feet had come a cropper . |
| 21 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 22 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 23 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 24 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 25 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 26 | ai n't the first diploma B F D. |
| 27 | " You must have known that you were n't the first . |
| 28 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 29 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 30 | Desktop Publisher certainly was n't the first newsletter to be produced using computers , many titles are word processed , nor was it the first publication to be desktop published , that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , but we were the first newsletter to specialise on desktop publishing ! |