Example sentences of "[adv] the first time [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | come on because it would have been perhaps the first time I suppose it would n't be a |
| 2 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 3 | Once again , now it does n't matter which way round you start , you can start left over right or right over left , but the second time you do it opposite to the first time , so the first time I put the left one over first and the right one over that and then tuck it through , just like tying a shoe lace really , okay ? |
| 4 | This was their sixth successive League victory , and though it was only the first time they have scored three goals in a game this season , everyone at Highbury knows it could have been seven . |
| 5 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 6 | So that when they get to university , it 's not the first time away from home , it 's not the first time they 've got their money and so on . |
| 7 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 8 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 11 | No , well certainly not the first time I play , it , I approach it when he thinks I 've finished , but it 's nowhere near , I mean |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 13 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 14 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 15 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah , the first thing I 've ever the first time I 've shaved my legs , I forgot the water . |
| 17 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 18 | Well the first time you have to get it for at least six months . |
| 19 | Residents say this is n't the first time they 've had problems with drivers . |
| 20 | This is n't the first time you 've endured this morning-after feeling , is it ? |
| 21 | It is n't the first time you 've implied that I know something about what 's going on , so how about explaining it to me ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is n't the first time you 've been there , so I did n't imagine that there 'd be a problem about going there tonight . ’ |
| 23 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 25 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 26 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
| 27 | Somehow we are sure that this is not the first diet you have ever bought , or indeed the first time you have tried to lose weight . |
| 28 | And er course the first time you know , first impressions like |
| 29 | Consequently , you fall over or jack-knife forwards the first time you land heavily . |
| 30 | I must admit that for almost the first time I feel a stab of concern for him , a gesture of fellow regard . |