Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 2 | you were right the first time . |
| 3 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
| 4 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not the first time a child has been attacked by an alsatian — even a crossbreed like this can be savage , ’ said Lee 's father John , 37 . |
| 6 | It 's not the first time this has happened : he 's gone with prostitutes before . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not the first time it 's happened this season , either . |
| 8 | It 's not the first time that a link has been made between erupting volcanoes and the weather . |
| 9 | It 's not the first time punters , who bet £1.6billion a year just on the dogs , have found themselves cornered in the doghouse . |
| 10 | And it 's not the first time by any means . |
| 11 | It 's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 13 | It 's not the first time he 's gone off by himself . ’ |
| 14 | Like you say , it 's not the first time — and it 's only a dream , for God 's sake ! ’ |
| 15 | But it 's not the first time that a procedure 's |
| 16 | I 'm twice your age , I ought to take things like this in my stride — Christ only knows it 's not the first time . |
| 17 | It 's not the first time a lifeboat has been based in the bay . |
| 18 | And it 's not the first time this has happened . |
| 19 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 20 | It 's not the first time that Wimpey has taken the lead in Scotland . |
| 21 | I heard you trying to persuade and then threaten this young lady to get her into your car , and it 's not the first time I 've witnessed such a thing . |
| 22 | It 's not the first time she 's tried to take someone from me . ’ |
| 23 | Supporters say they 're angered by the Kerslake deal — it 's not the first time , they claim , that Swindon 's best players have been sold with the end of the season in sight . |
| 24 | It 's not the first time privately employed guards are being used . |
| 25 | It 's not the first time he 's presented on his college radio station . |
| 26 | It 's not the first time Faringdon 's been flooded , but in living memory this may be the worst deluge |
| 27 | But a mental health charity says it 's not the first time such an incident has occurred . |
| 28 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 29 | It 's not the first time Milton Keynes has been hit by firebombers . |
| 30 | It 's not the first time airmen have died in this way near Upper Heyford. 23 years ago , the pilot of a Voodoo jet reconaissance aircraft crashed into a tree after just managing to clear the roof of Steeple Aston school . |