Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did so successfully in 1948 , outpointing Vince Hawkins at Birmingham and thus becoming the first black champion to be recognized by the BBBC . |
| 2 | His footballing skills were obviously allied to a questionable temperament , and in January 1985 Frank McAvennie lived up to his immense promise , becoming the first Scottish footballer to be sent off in a Premier league match for giving a ‘ V ’ sign to the opposing fans . |
| 3 | Austria , consequently , lost interest in pressurizing him , and Britain and France , for the moment , lost the chance of adding a third Great Power to the anti-Russian coalition . |
| 4 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 5 | One , however , qualified for the distinction of making the first electrical recording to be sold to the public . |