Example sentences of "that [be] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were complaints of inordinate delay such as to make a fair trial impossible ; that regulation 7 notices were served far too late ; that the police officers were not interviewed until a year later , that being the first time that they were notified of any specific allegations against them . |
| 2 | ‘ That is the first time I 've heard you admit it , ’ he said ruefully . |
| 3 | I have been described as many things , but that is the first time I have been described as a tourist attraction . |
| 4 | That is the first time I have , by implication , been described as Mr. Nice Guy . |
| 5 | One shop steward remarked that , ‘ that is the first time management have trained us as they would train one another . |
| 6 | and he had the nerve to say that is the first time I 've ever been said about it |
| 7 | ‘ Funny , ’ I said , ‘ that 's the first time I 've heard the pips this trip . ’ |
| 8 | Good heavens , that 's the first time I 've shouted since 1976 … |
| 9 | That 's the first time for a couple of hours . |
| 10 | Afterwards , the representative from the film company said , ‘ I 've been looking after him for two weeks and that 's the first time I 've seen his teeth … . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's the first time Bailey met posh people , ’ photography writer , Martin Harrison says . |
| 12 | Auntie Lou said , louder than before and in a voice that shook with boldness , ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you say it , Samuel . |
| 13 | Yes , yeah , when you had one delivered , that 's the first time we 'd ever seen one was n't it ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know , ’ said Julia , shivering in the cold wind as they turned into the Piazzetta , ‘ that 's the first time I 've ever heard you sounding censorious . ’ |
| 15 | Lyn , Lyn , that 's the first time I 've said your name . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you quote poetry , ’ she exclaimed , and he laughed . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's the first time you 've said you love me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So that 's the first time you 've seen television ? |
| 19 | Do you know , that 's the first time I began to wonder about the name Raphael . |
| 20 | And that 's the first time she 'd ever had a doctor . |
| 21 | Oh good , er , That 's the first time I 've heard religious sort of erm I better not say what I was going to say . |
| 22 | Do you know that 's the first time I 've said your name ? |
| 23 | That 's the first time I 've heard it put so clearly . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's the first time I 've managed to beat Graham in four matches — and I picked the right one to do it in . |
| 25 | But then again , that 's the first time he 's been in ring since |
| 26 | Well Round Table a er have never , that 's the first time then ? |
| 27 | Yeah that 's the first time I 've seen her do that , come on you little madam , come on you little madam , let's go and find granddad at work , I know you 're a baby well come on |
| 28 | Cos they 're only effective one time , that 's the first time you see them . |
| 29 | Fifteen years I 've known and that 's the first time I 've ever heard him swear . |
| 30 | That 's the first time and then we and then we were still around the back and we darted up over these banks |