Example sentences of "not the first [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How was Norway Chamberlain 's fault and not the First Sea Lord 's ? |
| 2 | It 's not the first time Faringdon 's been flooded , but in living memory this may be the worst deluge |
| 3 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 4 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
| 5 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 6 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 7 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 8 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 9 | It 's not the first time Milton Keynes has been hit by firebombers . |
| 10 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |
| 11 | It is not the first time Robins has been angry at deals negotiated by his predecessor . |
| 12 | ‘ The bomb in Newtownards was not the first time Connors Chemists has had to cope with the aftermath of a blast . ’ |
| 13 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 14 | But this was n't the first time Perkins had been charged with drug possession in Britain . |
| 15 | It was n't the first time Juliet had wished she were n't an only child . |
| 16 | It was n't the first time Isabel had said the words . |
| 17 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |