Example sentences of "[det] [be] not the first time " in BNC.
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1 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
2 | This is not the first time nor the last that we encounter this influential organization . |
3 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
4 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
5 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
6 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
7 | Come on guys , get responsible : this is not the first time the strong smell of bullshit has wafted through the air . |
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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
10 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
11 | This is not the first time the issue of control has come up in this column but because yours is a sign that tends to resist going with the flow , all too often you meet people and circumstances that appear to block your path . |
12 | This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent . |
13 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
14 | This is not the first time such suggestions have been made . |
15 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
16 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
19 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
20 | ‘ This is not the first time . ’ |
21 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
22 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
23 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
24 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
25 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
26 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
27 | This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last . |
28 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
29 | For this was not the first time . |
30 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |