Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 2 | PATRICK Rooney was nine years old when he became the first child to die in Ulster 's violent era . |
| 3 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 4 | Bruce Babbitt , the interior secretary , stepped into this fetid atmosphere on April 30th when he chaired the first of four meetings in the west to hear testimony about grazing on federal land . |
| 5 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |