Example sentences of "[n mass] the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing that tends to throw people the first time they every do ad advocacy is that you 're going to talk to somebody who will not talk to you , who will not s possibly even smile at you , who wo n't give you the usual feedback that we 're u that we 're used to when we 're talking to someone . |
| 2 | It was n't they took three hundred people the last time and now he 's talking about three hundred . |
| 3 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 4 | It is by no means the first time that there has been unacceptable , totally unsporting behaviour along such lines in that part of the world . |
| 5 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 6 | Quite clearly you ca n't roll the dice the first time you win . |