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 . ’ |