Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] the [num ord] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
2 | It 's the first time for me . |
3 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
4 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
5 | ‘ It 's the first time in my life that someone really cares for me . |
6 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
7 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
8 | It 's the first time in its 500 years of activity that the volcano has claimed lives . |
9 | At home in Darlington , he said : ‘ It 's the first time in my life I have actually enjoyed being who I am . |
10 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
11 | The game about to be got under way here , it 's the second time of course that we 've had the taste of European football in just er inside a few weeks here at Lane , a very poor night for weather , you who 've not ventured out well , I think we understand that er because er as we say , it 's not a night when you would turn the dog out . |
12 | It 's the second time in a month that the Highbury hit-man has been accused of insulting fans . |
13 | It 's the second time in a quarter of a century that the locals have come into conflict with planning officials . |
14 | It 's the second time in a year that the same company has had produce destroyed by French farmers angry about EC imports . |
15 | It 's the second time in a year that the haulage company Ralph Davies of Cheltenham has had fruit cargoes destroyed . |
16 | It 's the second time in less than two weeks that officers have found the weapons in the hands of foreign tourists . |
17 | It 's the second time in a week that officers from Thames Valley police have spoken out about what they see as abuse of the judicial system . |
18 | It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out . |
19 | He says that it 's the second time in a year the house has been flooded . |
20 | It 's the third time in 2 years his house has been raided and the second in the space of a week . |
21 | It 's the third time in a year Johnson has escaped — his last breakout was from Maidstone Prison . |
22 | It 's the 5th time in 4 years that Margaret Jebbit has had to clean up her kitchen after flooding . |
23 | It is the first time since the end of the second world war that the Japanese navy has ventured overseas . |
24 | It is the first time since 1974 that a British commander has been voted to the post by the 14-member committee . |
25 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
26 | It is the first time since 1958-59 that league clubs have failed to survive until after Christmas . |
27 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
28 | Yesterday 's bombs are thought to have been Semtex and it is the first time outside the capital that devices have been casually placed by the road side . |
29 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
30 | ‘ It is the first time in eleven years as a manager that I have not worked with a contract and it is like an air of freedom . ’ |