Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun] [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 2 | It 's not the first time it 's happened here . |
| 3 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
| 4 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 5 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
| 6 | Well , first of all , I 've heard that — it 's not the first time he 's been arrested , and it 's not the first time de-programmers have been arrested . |
| 7 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 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 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 11 | When he accidentally gets talking to women who have children , it 's practically the first question he asks them — it 's the first test they face . |
| 12 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |