Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] become the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also helped them become the first team since Lotus and BRM in 1963 to score points in every race of the year . |
| 2 | In so doing he became the first US President since Harry S. Truman to veto a major spending bill . |
| 3 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |
| 4 | Both Johnson Matthey and the Ceramic Society supported Mike through this transition , allowing him to become the first president of the Canadian Ceramic Society to reside outside of Canada . |
| 5 | He led St Colman 's College to victory over old adversaries St Pat 's , Maghera in the MacRory Cup final with a marvellous individual performance that saw him become the first winner of the Iggy Jones Memorial Trophy . |
| 6 | 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 . |