Example sentences of "[noun prp] who [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind . |
| 2 | It was Janice who made the first move to end the evening . |
| 3 | Consider the case of Abdellatif Sbili who led the first Moroccan nationalist campaign against the French in 1930 : |
| 4 | BELOW The great 19th-century scientist Friedrich Wohler who prepared the first organic compound derived from inorganic chemicals . |
| 5 | The Lawns at Broseley , the home of John Wilkinson who built the first iron bridge , now houses a large impressive collection of English pottery and porcelain . |
| 6 | It was James Watt who made the first major improvements to the principles worked out by Newcomen . |
| 7 | A SMALL point on your book review of Durham : Birth of a First-Class County : had Ralph Dellor consulted the club or been at the match , he would have noted that it was Paul Parker who took the first ball from Oxford University pace bowler Michael Jeh , and not John Glendenen . |
| 8 | In both Tests , two or three Englishmen looked well set , but failed to convert good innings into substantial ones , unlike India who won the first Test through Azharuddin 's great innings of 182 and laid the foundation for the Madras victory with Tendulkar 's 165 and Sidhu 's 106 . |
| 9 | It was Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham who made the first connection in the jigsaw , 12 years ago . |