Example sentences of "be the first time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will be the first time we have seen her since it happened , ’ said Mr Young , a TV repair man , before they left home at Watton , Norfolk , for the visit to the mortuary . |
| 2 | No , this this 'll be the first time they 've come down here in about three or four month . |
| 3 | For Rose , of Otterhill Court , Hemlington , and Ann , of Chapman Close , Pallister Park , both Middlesbrough , it will be the first time they have ventured out of the country . |
| 4 | This will be the first time they have spoken in public since Mr McEvoy , 50 , was found gunned down in the driveway of his home in Greta Avenue , Hartlepool , on May 23 . |
| 5 | They have been frequently invited to international festivals , but this will be the first time they have visited our own festival — we have been waiting patiently in a very long queue ! |
| 6 | It wo n't be the first time he 's spent a night on the tiles ! ’ |
| 7 | Co-driver Stefano Sebastiani owns his own Ferrari , but this will be the first time he 's driven one on the race track on one of the world 's most demanding circuits . |
| 8 | ‘ It wo n't be the first time I 've had to come to your rescue and haul your ass out of trouble . ’ |
| 9 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 10 | But this must be the first time I 've puked for about two years . |
| 11 | It might be the first time you send flowers , but that does n't matter . |
| 12 | probably wo n't be the first time you have to edit it either . |
| 13 | ‘ Will this be the first time you 've worked in theatre ? ’ |
| 14 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 15 | It 'll be the first time she 's voted against the government and her former deputy Geoffrey says she 's guilty of disloyalty . |
| 16 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 17 | ‘ It will be the first time she has had an outside audience , ’ he said crisply . |
| 18 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 19 | And he added , ‘ This will be the first time Ah 've visited the country , but havin' read Prescott myself Ah do n't think Ah 'm goin' to like the Spaniards and what they and the mestizos have done to it . ’ |
| 20 | Whilst the company is well known for its handmade clay plain tiles , this will be the first time it has ventured into the expanding machine-made clay plain tile market . |
| 21 | This will not be the first time it has been tried , and the observations of one former planning official are worth quoting at length : |
| 22 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 23 | After a while the whistle is repeated — by the same blackbird or by its mate — but always as if this were the first time it had occurred to him to whistle ; if this is a dialogue , each remark is uttered after long reflection . |
| 24 | ‘ This is the first time we have exported Bovril cubes anywhere , ’ a spokesman tells me . |
| 25 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 26 | ‘ This is the first time we 've issued a warning because of violence on the highway , ’ an American AA spokesman said . |
| 27 | Speaking from America where he is on a business trip , McCauley said : ‘ This is the first time we have refused a request from him . |
| 28 | This is the first time we 've had a regular monthly feature in the magazine just for Silver electronics . |
| 29 | ‘ This is the first time we have had her right this season . |
| 30 | ‘ This is the first time we have carried out this survey as part of our ongoing review of security , ’ he said . |