Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] became [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Roberts could ride either but sticks to Lyric Fantasy who became the first two-year-old filly to win the Nunthorpe at Yor |
| 2 | Draper was an English scientist who became the first president of the American Chemical Society . |
| 3 | It was transport which became the first post-ECSC target . |
| 4 | In the same match he became the first bowler to take eight wickets in an innings in a Test against West Indies in England . |
| 5 | Prost did to Mansell what Piquet had done to him in 1983 , and in winning the title he became the first man since Jack Brabham ( Aus ) in 1960 to defend the title successfully and one of only four men to win it in successive years , joining two other greats , Alberto Ascari ( Ita ) and Juan Manuel Fangio ( Arg ) . |
| 6 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 7 | In the following two seasons he became the first player to win the Harry Sunderland Award twice for his performances in the Premiership Final victories over Hull and Bradford Northern . |
| 8 | In 1784 he began experimenting with small model balloons , and on 4 October that year he became the first Englishman to fly a hot-air balloon , with a short flight in Oxford . |
| 9 | ( Islip , Long Island in the U.S. , was founded by the son of a Northamptonshire emigrant who became the first mayor of New York City in 1671 . ) |