Example sentences of "[not/n't] the first time this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not the first time this has happened : he 's gone with prostitutes before . |
| 2 | A spokesperson for the workers said the dust was so thick in the air it could be seen : ‘ This is not the first time this had occurred . |
| 3 | The decision in 1990 by Britain to join the ERM was , indeed , not the first time this century that she has tried to defend herself from the possible consequences of wrong decisions by her own politicians by linking herself to those made by politicians in another country , through the mechanism of a fixed or managed exchange rate . |
| 4 | And it 's not the first time this has happened . |
| 5 | For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means . |