Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [prep] [art] first time " in BNC.
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1 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
2 | As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge . |
3 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
4 | As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled . |
5 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
6 | Her voice dropped , turning low and vicious , and not for the first time , Michael Lee realized how cold and calculating , how vicious and cunning she was . |
7 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
8 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
9 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
10 | He strolled down the road , thinking , and not for the first time , what a remarkably quiet and empty road Church Row was . |
11 | I wo n't accept the job because of Tom Russell , she thought feverishly , and not for the first time . |
12 | This time , and not for the first time , it was to be Jenna . |
13 | No need to ask who 's been on the piss all weekend , and not for the first time . |
14 | However , and not for the first time in this chronicle , I am wrong . |
15 | Again his gaze was intent , and not for the first time Robbie cursed the need for evasion , the maintenance of her fiction concerning Hugh . |
16 | Fen suggested , and not for the first time Robbie wished she could clear up this misapprehension . |
17 | She put her fingers to the top of his brow and traced a three inch scar downwards to the back of his ear , thinking as she did so , and not for the first time , that he had nearly paid dearly for his happiness . |
18 | Another splendidly flighted pass found McClair in the danger zone , but not for the first time the Scot 's control was wayward . |