Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [art] [num ord] time he " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 ‘ 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 . ’
4 It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’
7 It 's not the first time he 's presented on his college radio station .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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