Example sentences of "[adv] the first time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 3 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 6 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 7 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 8 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well the first time you have to get it for at least six months . |
| 11 | 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 . |