Example sentences of "[verb] [art] first person [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph .
2 He was a politician and a financier , well-known in his time ; but we remember him today because on the 15th of September 1830 , at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , he became the first person to be run down and killed by a train ( that 's what he became , was turned into ) .
3 In 1973 he became the first person to be Knighted for his contribution to conservation .
4 Kuntze was to take over the company 's chairmanship from Jurgen Hippenstiel-Imhausen , who resigned in March and who on May 10 became the first person to be arrested over the affair .
5 Today he became the first person to be charged under a new law introduced this month of causing death by dangerous driving .
6 In November 1990 , a man convicted of multiple rape and murder became the first person in Tunisia to be executed since the President came to power in 1987 .
7 ‘ Just the job , ’ thought the enthusiastic Gary , and thus became the first person in history to attempt to convert a quartet of Jehovah 's Witness .
8 He lost , thereby achieving the distinction of becoming the first person in history who could be proved to have failed his degree .
9 A CHILD murderer set to become the first person to be hanged for 28 years has sparked controversy across America .
10 After his death , members of the wine trade enabled her to become the first person outside the trade to study for and sit its examinations .
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