Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His total of 275 was 13 under par , four outside the record , and he also failed narrowly to become the first man to score in the 60s in every round . |
| 2 | He went on to become the first director of the National Monuments Record , the body that catalogues the most important buildings in country . |
| 3 | Maybe despite or because of failing ‘ O ’ levels she went on to become the first woman engineer at her college because her earlier setbacks had made her determined to prove that she could succeed . |
| 4 | He won the NIBA singles championship , and went on to become the first Parks player to lift the coveted Irish title since Balmoral 's Alan McMullan in 1987 . |
| 5 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 6 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 7 | Although much has been made of the fact that Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott did n't become the first overseas player to represent the county , Indian batsman Sachin Tedulkar confirms a long term policy : overseas players are now welcome in Yorkshire cricket . |
| 8 | He was suffering from exhaustion and cold after helping co-climber Harry Taylor , who had earlier become the first Briton to reach the summit from the Nepalese side without oxygen equipment . |
| 9 | The Block , built by J.J. Oakes & Son , was duly opened on Speech Day , 17th July 1957 , appropriately by Professor Williams , who had recently become the first recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts , " to individuals who have attained early distinction , with promise of future achievements , in the promotion of arts , manufacture , and commerce " . |
| 10 | It was reported on Feb. 5 that a Thai mining company had recently become the first foreign company to be awarded an offshore tin-prospecting concession in Myanma . |
| 11 | Freeth stayed on to become the first lifeguard too , and when he died during an influenza epidemic at the age of thirty-five it was said that he had exhausted himself rescuing swimmers . |