Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a first [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosalind was educated at St Paul 's Girls ' School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a first class in part i ( 1940 ) of the natural sciences tripos and a second in part ii ( division I ) in 1941 . |
| 2 | He was educated at the Perse School , Cambridge , and won a scholarship to Pembroke College , Cambridge , where he received a first class in part i of the English tripos in 1928 and a first class with distinction in part ii in 1929 . |
| 3 | In 1864 he received a first class in classical honour moderations , and then in 1867 a first in literae humaniores , even though he was said to have read no more than half the required books . |
| 4 | He obtained a first class in part i ( 1906 ) and a second ( division I ) in part ii ( 1907 ) of the classical tripos . |
| 5 | Clough was educated at Rugby School and St John 's College , Cambridge , where he obtained a first class in the natural sciences tripos in 1874 and an MA in 1878 . |
| 6 | He obtained a first class in part i of the history tripos in 1941 . |
| 7 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 8 | After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 . |