Example sentences of "'s [adv] the first time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not the first time Faringdon 's been flooded , but in living memory this may be the worst deluge |
| 2 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 3 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 4 | It 's not the first time punters , who bet £1.6billion a year just on the dogs , have found themselves cornered in the doghouse . |
| 5 | It 's not the first time airmen have died in this way near Upper Heyford. 23 years ago , the pilot of a Voodoo jet reconaissance aircraft crashed into a tree after just managing to clear the roof of Steeple Aston school . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target . |
| 8 | It 's not the first time Milton Keynes has been hit by firebombers . |