Example sentences of "[not/n't] the [num ord] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the first time in his career that Mr Bond , condemned for unconventional and perhaps sometimes dubious business tactics , has teetered on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 2 | And it 's not the first time by any means . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll see Auntie Lou again , it 's not the Last Time for that ! ’ |
| 4 | It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy . |
| 5 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |