Example sentences of "this be the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will this be the first time you 've worked in theatre ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is the first time I 've had someone round to tea in years , and it happens on the very day I become homeless . |
| 4 | ‘ This is the first time anything unusual has happened here since Goering occupied the building in 1940 , ’ one veteran observer was heard to remark . |
| 5 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 6 | This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club , but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus 's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework . |
| 7 | ‘ This is the first time I 've done anything significant on film . |
| 8 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
| 9 | This is the first time that the award has gone to somebody from the hotel and catering industry , or indeed from the service sector as a whole . |
| 10 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 11 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |
| 12 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's true this is the first time all but one of the World Cup downhills have been called off before Christmas and , with the Madonna slalom cancelled , that 's unique . ’ |
| 14 | IN referring to the Chilean Order of Merit awarded to Mr Harold Pinter , Mandrake ( March 29 ) stated that this is the first time the honour has been bestowed upon a playwright or , indeed , upon an ‘ intellectual ’ of any description . |
| 15 | As far as anyone knows this is the first time legal eagles have taken on a businessman as boss . |
| 16 | But this is the first time that the official Russian Orthodx Church , freed from the restraints of communism , will have canonised a member of the Imperial family . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know this is the first time you and I have been alone together , ’ he whispered . |
| 19 | This is the first time I 've come into the Unit , you know , Barbara ! |
| 20 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |
| 21 | This is the first time the ABRC 's report has not been made public in recent years . |
| 22 | This is the first time I 've ever had a show and if you look at my show they 're basically a lot of single images . |
| 23 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 24 | A salesman whose last two months ' returns fall below the required norm may be thought to be failing , until one knows that this is the first time that it has happened in five years . |
| 25 | This is the first time that she has met with something . |
| 26 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
| 27 | This is the first time that a Japanese firm has entrusted the manufacture of high technology consumer electronics equipment to a British firm . |
| 28 | Indeed , this is the first time I have found a photographer reveal the position he was in when he took a particularly impressive shot of slime mould , for example . |
| 29 | ‘ D' you mean to tell me that this is the first time you 've slept with anyone ? ’ he asked incredulously . |
| 30 | On that occasion he said : ‘ This is the first time I have done anything like this , but I do n't apologise for it . |