Example sentences of "not [be] the first [noun] that " in BNC.
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1 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
2 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
3 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
4 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
5 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |