Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the first woman " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the first woman ever into one of the famous gay bars . |
| 2 | For many years I was conscious that I was the first woman in my very large extended family to do this . |
| 3 | I was the first woman to start . |
| 4 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 5 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |
| 6 | Yourcenar ( an anagram on the family name of Crayencour ) was not an academic , but as one of France 's most highly-regarded novelists , she was the first woman to be elected to the French Academy . |
| 7 | In his foreword to the book , Professor Sir Robert Birley says of Janet Lacey : ‘ One meets energetic people and unorthodox people and efficient people , but it is rare to meet them making up one person … add to that the power to speak forcefully and clearly … she was the first woman to preach in St Paul 's and Liverpool Cathedral and St George 's Cathedral in Jerusalem … she is also exceedingly good company … |
| 8 | She was the first woman sculptor , and only deaf woman , to be made a member of any Royal Academy in the British Isles . |
| 9 | Not only was she was the first woman ever to gain the imperial throne by her own machinations , she was also the first to institute the practice of official cunnilingus . |
| 10 | Chicago-born , she was the first woman graduate of London School of Economics ; widely travelled , she lived ‘ a romantic life ’ , and nursed Woolley lovingly in his final years . |
| 11 | She was the first woman jeweller to win a Council of Industry Design award in 1972 . |
| 12 | This was no small step for one so young but for a woman it was more remarkable since she was the first woman solicitor in Sheffield . |
| 13 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 14 | She became one of the notable personalities of the House of Commons , and in 1952 she was the first woman MP to be suspended from a sitting . |
| 15 | She was the first woman to receive such an honour , and it had to be accepted by Professor Bonney on her behalf , since women were not allowed to attend meetings of the society . |
| 16 | In 1888 she was the first woman in Britain to earn the degree of LLB from the University of London . |
| 17 | Equipped with a knowledge of four languages , she was the first woman to get a distinction in the diploma in economics and political science , and then took a teaching diploma at London University . |
| 18 | A strong force behind her husband 's career , she was the first woman chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations in 1926 , a member of the Church Assembly 's house of laity from 1925 and of the archbishop 's commission on church and state ( 1930–5 ) , and succeeded her husband as a BBC governor . |
| 19 | She was the first woman delegate to the Humberside County Association of Trades Councillors and the first woman on the executive and has had an enormous impact on the Association 's efforts on women 's issues . |
| 20 | She was the first woman to head a European central bank . |
| 21 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 22 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 23 | Svetlana and her mother made a genuine impression on me because they were the first woman and child to arrive here from Poland . |