Example sentences of "[verb] [art] first person to " 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 | A CHILD murderer set to become the first person to be hanged for 28 years has sparked controversy across America . |