Example sentences of "[adv] the first time [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 So the first time I had a conversation with Mr Wogan was live on television !
2 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 .
3 For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body .
4 It was not the first time they had been told this .
5 It was not the first time they had played this mischievous game with each other , on stage .
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 Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together .
8 This is not the first time we have spun coins !
9 ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either .
10 It 's not the first time it 's happened here .
11 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 .
12 This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans .
13 This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery .
14 It was not the first time I had seen " my " insects .
15 This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context .
16 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 .
17 ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation .
18 ‘ 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 . ’
19 " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? "
20 This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’
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 it is not the first time she has been successful .
23 Cleo concluded it was probably not the first time he 'd had to deal with a situation like this .
24 It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms .
25 It was not the first time he had come home covered in blood .
26 It was not the first time he had been the recipient of an undiplomatic reference to the absence of colonial genes in Alexei 's physique , manner and appearance .
27 It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 ‘ 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 . ’
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