Example sentences of "[pron] make the first [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He built , to his own design , the steamship Robert Fulton , which made the first successful ocean voyage off the east coast of America , sailing from New York to Havana . |
2 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
3 | It was James Watt who made the first major improvements to the principles worked out by Newcomen . |
4 | It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind . |
5 | So says Charles Munn , who made the first known sighting of this small parrot in 1985 , at clay-eating cliff in Peru 's Manu National Park . |
6 | We made the first free-jazz record , with no plan , just improvised . |
7 | Cody was largely responsible for the engine installation of the airship which flew in 1907 , and he designed and constructed the machine on which he made the first powered aeroplane flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 . |
8 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |