Example sentences of "would [adv] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 2 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 3 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 4 | Not only would our livelihood be at stake if there was a shutdown but we 'd also be the first to be irradiated . ’ |
| 5 | Of course the converse can be said , as several knobbly and bow-legged clerics would humbly be the first to acknowledge . |
| 6 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 7 | Coetzer would not be the first South African Bruno has faced . |
| 8 | It would not be the first to do so , though it would be the biggest . |
| 9 | A Family Division lawyer remarked last night : ‘ The Duke of York would not be the first husband to be enraged by a photograph of a man lying on top of his wife . |
| 10 | It would not be the first or the last time . |
| 11 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 12 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 13 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 14 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 15 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |
| 16 | Our lord would not be the first to come to bargain and stay to bleed . ’ |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it would not be the first inspector 's decision that took some time to see the light of day once it had been referred to a Department . |
| 18 | ‘ If I was coming home tired , ’ said Whatham , ‘ a play by a dissident Czech playwright would not be the first programme I would turn on . |
| 19 | If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country . |
| 20 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 21 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 22 | ‘ And he would n't be the first man to become deeply jealous when he sees another man apparently usurping his role as a father . ’ |
| 23 | It was Barbara , of course , who had told him , but he would n't be the first one to mention her name . |
| 24 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 25 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 26 | It would n't be the first time Littlewoods had copied a successful high street idea . |
| 27 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 28 | You would n't be the first one through these doors , ’ he nodded towards the main entrance and smiled broadly . |
| 29 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 30 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |