It is not the first time, as you are aware, that I have had occasion to come to Holyhead.
This is not the first time I have been present at the hospitable board of the Trinity House.
This is not the first time I have had the honour of an invitation to be present at the Mansion House and receive the hospitality of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
This is not the first timehe has furnished a house, settled down.
It appears to me, and it is not the first time I have noticed it, my dear Martens, that you do not quite get on with our new fellow-worker; but is it not to us that he ought really to look for support?
On this distinction I stand; and this is not the first time that I have asserted it.
This, Sir, is not the first time in which incidents like this have occurred.
This is not the first time I have used that language in this Chamber.
And it is not the first time he has gone to her for his consolation.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not the first time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
