Example sentences of "is [adv] the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some people this is literally the first time they have thought about and felt sensual responses in their own body . |
| 2 | This is not the first time we have spun coins ! |
| 3 | And it is not the first time she has been successful . |
| 4 | " But this is not the first time you have been unwell , is it ? " |
| 5 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 6 | ’ This is not the first time you have done this without thinking it necessary to warn us , other than by your late arrival . ’ |
| 7 | Although Willem ‘ Wimpie ’ de Klerk , the President 's brother , was a member of the team , it is not the first time he has met Mr Mbeki . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 10 | It is not the first time he has taken his countrymen and women to task for what he considers their cultural failings . |
| 11 | ‘ He met his cousin last night , and they drank too much wine , but do not worry — it is not the first time he spends the night like this . ’ |
| 12 | But I thought also — this is not the first time I have fled for my life with this man , who is brave if he is also stupid . |
| 13 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |
| 14 | The 3-0 defeat of England is a first for India and it is also the first time they have recorded a 3-0 win against any other country . |
| 15 | Residents say this is n't the first time they 've had problems with drivers . |
| 16 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
| 17 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 19 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 20 | This is n't the first time you 've endured this morning-after feeling , is it ? |
| 21 | It is n't the first time you 've implied that I know something about what 's going on , so how about explaining it to me ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is n't the first time you 've been there , so I did n't imagine that there 'd be a problem about going there tonight . ’ |