Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 's [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a mental health charity says it 's not the first time such an incident has occurred . |
| 2 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 3 | ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody . |
| 4 | I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected . |
| 5 | I 'm twice your age , I ought to take things like this in my stride — Christ only knows it 's not the first time . |
| 6 | I 'm informed it 's usually the fourth . |