Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 2 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 3 | Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms . |
| 4 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 5 | I , I bet , I bet i I bet it 's the first time in your life you felt shi , yes come on ! |
| 6 | Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest . |
| 7 | I think it 's the first time she 'd actually seen Oliver look clean . |
| 8 | I think it is the first time he actually worked hard . |
| 9 | Or if somebody has a premiere it means it 's the first time that they do something . |
| 10 | And she has n't got two , that means it 's the first time I 've seen those three lights on . |
| 11 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 12 | A spokeswoman for the band , whose hits include Love Cats and The Walk , said it is the first time The Cure will have played at such an intimate venue for almost ten years . |