Example sentences of "'s [adv] the [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's perhaps the one time you 'll bless starting with a completely clean slate ; at least there are no existing possessions that might perhaps prove difficult to accommodate . |
| 2 | So that when they get to university , it 's not the first time away from home , it 's not the first time they 've got their money and so on . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 4 | It 's not the first time it 's happened here . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not the first time she 's tried to take someone from me . ’ |
| 7 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 8 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
| 9 | It 's not the first time he 's presented on his college radio station . |
| 10 | Well , first of all , I 've heard that — it 's not the first time he 's been arrested , and it 's not the first time de-programmers have been arrested . |