Example sentences of "it [is] the first " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
2 | ‘ Well it 's the first I 've heard of it , frankly . ’ |
3 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
4 | It 's the first change since the L-test started in 1935 . |
5 | It 's the first four , maybe five , new cars that Mitsubishi will launch in the UK next year , including new Spacewagons and Shoguns . |
6 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
7 | So it 's the first will she made — what ? — eighteen months ago , which is valid . ’ |
8 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
9 | ‘ It 's the first I 've heard of wages , ’ Mungo said , heaving another huge log . |
10 | ‘ It 's the first time an older woman has really stirred me . ’ |
11 | It 's the first attempt to bring together all the strands of this island 's life . |
12 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |
13 | It 's the first Act of its kind in the world . |
14 | It 's the first time I have ever let her be alone with him , and now look . ’ |
15 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
16 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've seen him without all his hangers-on , ’ Cy commented . |
17 | ‘ It 's the first sandwich you 've ever made me that has n't got any paint on it . ’ |
18 | It 's the first commercially available amplifier to be based on ‘ current feedback ’ technology , which is supposed to provide high speed , wide bandwidth amplification . |
19 | In fact , it 's the first hairdryer on the market to blow air from both ends . |
20 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
21 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
22 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
23 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've ever done a cover and it was a lot of fun . |
24 | Granada TV will be recording the Blackpool event on June 21 ; it 's the first staging of the race and the route takes runners along the picturesque seafront . |
25 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
26 | It 's the first time I 've done so . ’ |
27 | ‘ It 's the first time I have taught at a university . |
28 | ‘ It 's the first time in my life that someone really cares for me . |
29 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |
30 | It 's the first vacation I 've had in seven years . |