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Example sentences of "it [is] [art] [num ord] time they " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last .
2	When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above .
3	For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind .
4	Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it .
5	It 's the first time they 've visited the spot since that November night 16 months ago , the culmination of a plot motivated by jealousy and greed .
6	Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber
7	Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ?
8	It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house .
9	It is the first time they have spoken publicly since the death of their two-year-old son James in February this year .
10	It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency .