Example sentences of "[vb past] only the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
2 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
3 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
4 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
5 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
6 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
7 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside the other greats . |
8 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
9 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
10 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
11 | You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels . |
12 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
13 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
14 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |
15 | PETER EBDON yesterday became only the third player to compile two 147 breaks in professional snooker tournaments . |
16 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
17 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
18 | The Great Britain scrum-half became only the fourth player in history to score ten tries in a match — equalling team-mate Martin Offiah 's club record set against Leeds in the Premiership semi-final last May . |
19 | Strachan who played only the first half engineered Leeds ' first goal with a 29th min cross for Noel Whelan to head in at the near post . |
20 | It was not till fourteen years later that Rospigliosi produced his second comic opera , Dal Male il Bene , of which Marazzoli composed only the Second Act . |
21 | He disputed Lenin 's contention that imperialism constitutes the last stage of capitalism , arguing that in Latin America it represented only the first stage . |