Example sentences of "n't be the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And he would n't be the first man to become deeply jealous when he sees another man apparently usurping his role as a father . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't be the first time your husband 's come back when you did n't expect him , would it ? ’ |
| 3 | If these fears prove justified , it wo n't be the first time Asian families would be forced through deliberate government policies to live in terrifying isolation . |
| 4 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ I said , ‘ but it wo n't be the first time the map 's been wrong . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It wo n't be the first time that people who think they 're in the fast track come across a roadblock and are overtaken by people in what was falsely described as the slow track . ’ |
| 7 | There were questions he still needed to ask and it would n't be the first time that he had taken advantage of tiredness or grief . |
| 8 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 9 | It would n't be the first time Littlewoods had copied a successful high street idea . |
| 10 | ‘ It wo n't be the first time , ’ she muttered . |
| 11 | ‘ It wo n't be the first time I 've had to come to your rescue and haul your ass out of trouble . ’ |
| 12 | It would n't be the first time . |
| 13 | probably wo n't be the first time you have to edit it either . |
| 14 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 15 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 16 | It would n't be the first time , but I did n't say it . |
| 17 | It wo n't be the first time he 's spent a night on the tiles ! ’ |
| 18 | But if there is to be an Oxford mafia in Washington , it wo n't be the first time former University College students have made history . |
| 19 | Wo n't be the first time . |
| 20 | Wo n't be the first time Bob . |
| 21 | On the erm there wo n't be the first aid room over the we 're looking to move that to the first floor . |
| 22 | Apart from the shining neon power switch and the Slave function already discussed , the Behringer will sit quietly in your rack , floating in a sea of general blackness , and probably wo n't be the first thing a visitor to your studio comments upon . |
| 23 | Ashiq Hussain wo n't be the last driver to be killed if this level of violence continues . |
| 24 | ‘ It wo n't be the last time someone makes a pass at you , ’ I said prosaically . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | It wo n't be the last time . ’ |
| 27 | But this wo n't be the last straw ; they wo n't get rid of me that easy . |