Example sentences of "[subord] this [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is the first time the guest has used the hotel a guest history card is sometimes created ( see Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 2 | Note also that the priority field defaults to Routine , if this is the first time the DC has been updated . |
| 3 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 4 | He rose from his chair and held out his hand , as if this was the first time the two of them had met . |
| 5 | Perhaps because this was the first time I was all alone in a big city in a new country . |
| 6 | She was excited because this was the first time that de Levantiére had followed the New Look that was capturing the world but was still hard to come by in England because of clothes rationing . |
| 7 | This proved a great success , not least because this was the first time that paintings by Jackson Pollock had been exhibited in Europe . |
| 8 | Which leads us on to the big selling point of these guitars , since this is the first time a production Telecaster has been fitted with a five-way switch . |
| 9 | However , there were many instances cited where GPs felt that they could not ‘ help ’ users even when this was the first time that they had sought it . |
| 10 | Though this is the first time they have mentioned a gun . |
| 11 | Quite a few odd things had happened in the last two days and , though this was the first time she 'd admitted it even to herself , she 'd felt vaguely uneasy , threatened , ever since she 'd arrived in Venice . |
| 12 | ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’ |
| 13 | And the Scots have every right to feel a ‘ wee bit peeved ’ at Montgomery Pipe Band , as this is the first time the overall championship trophy has gone outside the Highlands . |
| 14 | As this was the first time this had happened , how could we be expected to know in advance ? |
| 15 | I watched , fascinated , for this was the first time he had confronted a murderer with a plausible explanation but very little proof . |