Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [not/n't] [art] first time " in BNC.

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1 This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction .
2 This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization .
3 This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) :
4 This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy .
5 This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak .
6 This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century .
7 Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air .
8 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
9 ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’
10 A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred .
11 This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path .
12 This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent .
13 " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? "
14 This is not the first time such suggestions have been made .
15 This is not the first time we have spun coins !
16 This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ .
17 But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid .
18 This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’
19 This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others .
20 This is not the first time . ’
21 This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’
22 And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’
23 ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here .
24 This is n't the first time .
25 This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’
26 This is n't the first time you 've endured this morning-after feeling , is it ?
27 And this is n't the first time . ’
28 Residents say this is n't the first time they 've had problems with drivers .
29 This is n't the first time that we 've had a fire in the school and it is n't the first time that we 've solved the problem quickly , and we 'll have more again .
30 This was n't the first time it had got me into trouble , but I intended to make damn sure it was the last .
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