Example sentences of "[noun prp] become the first [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson became the first player to be sent off in the six-year reign of Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh . |
| 2 | Durie became the first footballer to be convicted of feigning injury nine weeks ago after a confrontation with Coventry 's Andy Pearce in August . |
| 3 | Lady Astor became the first woman to be elected a member of parliament in 1919 , and Sir Herbert Austin , a major car manufacturer , was elected as the member of parliament for King 's Norton . |
| 4 | It is a matter of history that Austin became the first Englishman to regularly employ the new-fangled back crawl , which all swimmers use today but was then regarded as something of an eccentricity . |
| 5 | And to add to the Blues ' tale of woe , Glen Keeley became the first player to be sent off on his debut in a Merseyside derby . |
| 6 | In 1977 a female student at the University of Missouri became the first patient to be turned from a woman to a man by means of surgery . |
| 7 | WENDY RUSSELL became the first woman to hole in one twice during a top-class event yesterday when she sank two tee-shots in the opening round of the British Women 's Seniors ' Championship at Wrexham . |