Example sentences of "[pron] became the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1951 , when I was nineteen , I became the first home-grown sex symbol in austerity Britain . |
| 2 | It was transport which became the first post-ECSC target . |
| 3 | They were chased quite hard by no 2423 ( Treorchy ) Squadron , which became the first Welsh Wings Appeal National Trophy winner with the award of the Sir Gus Walker Trophy . |
| 4 | He was replaced by Willie L. Williams , a former Philadelphia police commissioner , who became the first black to head the LAPD and the first outsider to become chief for over 40 years . |
| 5 | Michael Roberts could ride either but sticks to Lyric Fantasy who became the first two-year-old filly to win the Nunthorpe at Yor |
| 6 | The Barbarians , led by Scotland 's Gavin Hastings , failed to cope with the surface water and were beaten 16–8 by South Korea , who became the first Asian side to reach the semi-finals . |
| 7 | Lyle , who became the first British winner of the title in 1988 , has been concerned throughout 30-year-old Jolande 's pregancy . |
| 8 | By the end of the year she was rewriting the record books as — with her UK sales alone more than 2 million — she became the first female artist to have her first five singles go silver . |
| 9 | She became the first female singer to top the festive chart twice . |
| 10 | On the way back , she became the first British square rigger to round Cape Horn in 55 years . |
| 11 | In the wake of the Russian revolution , which she supported passionately , it became the first Communist party in Great Britain . |
| 12 | The Squires Gate route to the Airport , which was operated by trams until October 1961 , when it became the first post-war route to change to bus operation , was latterly operated in the summer season by double and single-deck cars , running alternately to Cabin and Bispham . |
| 13 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 14 | In 1854 he became the first official photographer to the British Museum , and received several commissions to photograph for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 15 | So in 1901 he decided to emigrate with his wife and two children to Australia , where he became the first full-time missioner of the Adult Deaf Society of Victoria , which celebrated its centenary in 1984 . |
| 16 | There was widespread regret when Butler resigned , in 1935 , to join the Agricultural Research Council , of which he became the first paid secretary . |
| 17 | He became the first Australian leg-spinner since Bill O'Reilly against South Africa in 1936-37 to claim five wickets in an innings at the MCG . |
| 18 | He became the first Portuguese emigrant to be allowed a licence to open a liquor store there . |
| 19 | In 1888 he bought Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds for £10,000 and presented it as a civic monument , and he gave £5,000 to Leeds Infirmary , as well as other sums for charitable purposes — deeds for which , in 1889 , he became the first honorary freeman of Leeds . |