Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
2 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
3 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
4 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
5 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
9 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
10 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
15 | It 's not the first time it 's happened here . |
16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
17 | It 's not the first time she 's tried to take someone from me . ’ |
18 | 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 . |
19 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
20 | It 's not the first time he 's presented on his college radio station . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Residents say this is n't the first time they 've had problems with drivers . |
23 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
24 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
25 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
26 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
27 | This is n't the first time you 've endured this morning-after feeling , is it ? |
28 | 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 ? ’ |
29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
30 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |