Example sentences of "it [be] the [num ord] [noun] it " in BNC.

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1 It 's the first time it 's ever happened to me , you see , and I 'm not in the least afraid any more . "
2 Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought .
3 It 's the first time it 's ever happened , ’ he said .
4 He said : ‘ I know that getting the sack is an occupational hazard in football , but it 's the first time it has happened to me and it hurts .
5 The new look Oxfordshire District Health Authority 's been meeting today , it 's the first time it 's met since the changes were made under recent government legislation .
6 I thought it was interesting as well that the stuff I got from the I and R V with it , was a lot about audio description and the tape and how much it cost and how wonderful this was and it was the first time it had ever been done , but there was nothing , as is always the case , there was nothing actually about what the film was about , it was full of sort of , this is the first time it 's done , but nothing about sort of this is the film about , about this , this is what the story 's about , you know .
7 ‘ Once we got to the hospital I could feel her head and it was the first moment it all became real for me .
8 the last week in September and it was the last week it was open , so you 're better of going near the middle or I mean the beginning or
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