Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
| 2 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 3 | It quickly emerged that a good deal of potential support was coming from those Conservative Members who had been elected for the first time . |
| 4 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
| 5 | Among other privations , energy rationing had been introduced for the first time in the capital , Havana , in mid-April . |