Example sentences of "first [noun] [pron] [vb base] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the first criticism we read is of Shakespeare ( an Othello casebook , typically ) , then the first contemporary poe we come across is probably Ted ( ‘ a black — /Back gull bent like an iron-bar slowly ’ ) Hughes . |
| 2 | It 's the first day I 've been with them and I thought I do n't know . |
| 3 | This is the first time we 've been in a University . |
| 4 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
| 5 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 6 | It 's the first time I 've been to a game of footie in a Porsche , and it will probably be the last , but it was fun , and added to the enjoyment of another thoroughly enjoyable day out Leeds watching . |
| 7 | ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’ |
| 8 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The first time I remember was at home , ’ said Marian . |
| 10 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ No , but it is not the first time I have been in such a situation . |