Example sentences of "[vb pp] to have [be] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His briskness of pace off the pitch became legendary , and he is said to have been the first bowler deliberately to have deployed the seam in his technique . |
| 2 | Cornford is said to have been the first Englishman to enlist in the International Brigade to fight against Franco . |
| 3 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |
| 4 | Reputed to have been the first man to fly under a bridge , Thaw had the face , physique and drinking habits of a Hemingway ; after being wounded , his arm froze — to the rough mirth of the squadron — permanently in the crooked position . |
| 5 | The decision was believed to have been the first time that a US court had extended prisoner of war status to a convicted criminal . |