Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] the first time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must be the first time anybody has been profiled in current editions of both Climber & Hill Walker and Homes & Gardens . |
| 2 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 3 | It might be the first time you send flowers , but that does n't matter . |
| 4 | It 'll be the first time somebody fucking kick in the head ! |
| 5 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 6 | It 'll be the first time she 's voted against the government and her former deputy Geoffrey says she 's guilty of disloyalty . |
| 7 | This may be the first time there has been a broad comparison of two fairly " complete " catalogue systems which are also internally quite similar ( the present writer had a hand in the design of both of them ) with the same users in the same library . |
| 8 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 9 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 10 | ‘ It will be the first time we have seen her since it happened , ’ said Mr Young , a TV repair man , before they left home at Watton , Norfolk , for the visit to the mortuary . |
| 11 | For Rose , of Otterhill Court , Hemlington , and Ann , of Chapman Close , Pallister Park , both Middlesbrough , it will be the first time they have ventured out of the country . |
| 12 | This will be the first time they have spoken in public since Mr McEvoy , 50 , was found gunned down in the driveway of his home in Greta Avenue , Hartlepool , on May 23 . |
| 13 | They have been frequently invited to international festivals , but this will be the first time they have visited our own festival — we have been waiting patiently in a very long queue ! |
| 14 | ‘ It will be the first time she has had an outside audience , ’ he said crisply . |
| 15 | Co-driver Stefano Sebastiani owns his own Ferrari , but this will be the first time he 's driven one on the race track on one of the world 's most demanding circuits . |
| 16 | Whilst the company is well known for its handmade clay plain tiles , this will be the first time it has ventured into the expanding machine-made clay plain tile market . |
| 17 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 18 | And he added , ‘ This will be the first time Ah 've visited the country , but havin' read Prescott myself Ah do n't think Ah 'm goin' to like the Spaniards and what they and the mestizos have done to it . ’ |