Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's the first time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
| 2 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the first time we have dealt with anyone assaulted with a Christmas tree . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ said Nurse Jean-Claude Auge yesterday . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a patient like this , ’ Nurse Jean-Claude Auge said yesterday . |
| 7 | Garage boss Trevor Cave said : ‘ It 's the first time we 've had a pilot come here to refuel . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the first time we 've ever quarrelled like that . |
| 9 | It 's the first time we 've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery . |
| 10 | It 's the first time we have analysed the results of our testing like this and it is n't good . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 12 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 13 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It 's the first time they 've visited the spot since that November night 16 months ago , the culmination of a plot motivated by jealousy and greed . |
| 16 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 17 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 18 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's the first time my students have said at the end of the book that they love grammar ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the first time anyone from the Northern region has won this competition which makes it even more special , ’ he said . |
| 21 | It 's the first time it 's ever happened to me , you see , and I 'm not in the least afraid any more . " |
| 22 | Technically it 's not a marginal because it 's the first time it 's been fought . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's the first time it 's ever happened , ’ he said . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
| 27 | It 's the first time he 's seen television , Colonel . ’ |
| 28 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
| 29 | It 's the first time he 's been brought out this way as far as we know |
| 30 | It 's the first time he 'll have run a full marathon , but he 's jogged into FOX F M this evening . |