Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'd like to fight him because he 's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him . |
| 2 | ‘ And I want him to win because he 's unbeaten and I want to be the first man to take the H out of Holyfield . ’ |
| 3 | But I want to be the first man to achieve Football League status after a full playing career . |
| 4 | He 'd just become the first Briton to win two world titles on foreign soil and added : ‘ I want to be the first British fighter to win three world titles at different weights . ’ |
| 5 | A fierce aunt shocked me by telling me shyness is a form of rudeness and selfishness , and that I had to be the first to talk to two people . |
| 6 | I wanted to be the first to welcome my new assistant to this benighted spot . ’ |
| 7 | As well as being the first UK woman to climb the mountain she intends to be the first female ever to make the ascent without oxygen . |
| 8 | As well as being the first UK woman to climb the mountain she intends to be the first to make the ascent without oxygen . |
| 9 | You try to be the first to look aside |
| 10 | Later we hope to be the first offshore contractor with a competent core crew accredited to national standards . |
| 11 | Then , we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole . |
| 12 | They tend to be the first victims of clean-sweep company shake-ups and takeovers . |
| 13 | They claimed to be the first all-women trade union to strike for recognition and their cause is well known in El Salvador because — as they describe it — they had to fight the " marines " ! |
| 14 | It has to be the first urine passed in the morning in a clean , empty container . |
| 15 | But the real fact is if this council regards elderly persons homes as the priority it pretends then it has to be the first priority for that money . |
| 16 | It , it has to be the first weekend does it ? |
| 17 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 18 | It expects to be the first constituency in the country to declare a result , it may be the first Liberal Democrat gain , or it may elect Britain 's first black Tory MP . |
| 19 | It claims to be the first software supplier to design , develop and market accounting applications software specifically for the growing client-server marketplace . |
| 20 | Mr Chihana made it clear , however , that he intended to be the first opposition leader to confront the government openly from inside Malawi . |