Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [art] [num ord] time [pron] " 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 . ’
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