Example sentences of "n't the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But despite that it was n't the first camp up . |
| 2 | I can assure Graham he will be the loneliest man in football , reviled by people who have n't the first clue about the game , but who will go right along with the bloodsuckers willing him to fail . |
| 3 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 4 | Many of the young people today have n't the first idea of what 's going on . ’ |
| 5 | Of course Joy had n't the first idea what it was . |
| 6 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't the first idea , ’ he said in deliberate clipped tones . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 9 | He is n't the first man to leave his wife and , though I understand your instinct to protect your sister , surely she could and should fight her own battles ? ’ |
| 10 | And that was n't the first day , that was eight days er eight days solid from Sunday to the Monday following Monday . |
| 11 | Health and safety officals say this is n't the first incident of its kind … and they 're renewing their efforts to convince all nursing home boards to check their plumbing is n't potentially lethal |
| 12 | This was n't the first Darkfall . |
| 13 | ai n't the first diploma B F D. |
| 14 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 15 | And let me tell you , this is n't the first time I 've thought of it , either . ’ |
| 16 | This was n't the first time it had got me into trouble , but I intended to make damn sure it was the last . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 18 | This was n't the first time the pin in the tower blew out , it used to happen one in every six mixes . |
| 19 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 20 | But this was n't the first time Perkins had been charged with drug possession in Britain . |
| 21 | And he admitted this was n't the first time his feet had come a cropper . |
| 22 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 23 | And it is n't the first time I 've said that , is it ? |
| 24 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 25 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 26 | For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means . |
| 27 | This is n't the first time . |
| 28 | Probably you 'd already gathered that it is n't the first time he 's played similar tricks , and that he 's a law to himself , and comes and goes as he pleases . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |