Example sentences of "[been] [verb] to [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 2 | Before departure a prize of 10,000 maravedis had been promised to the first man to sight the New World . |
| 3 | A prize of 10,000 Spanish coins had been promised to the first man to see land and he even claimed this . |
| 4 | Because she 's not been going to the first aid room . |
| 5 | It has been compared to the first ascent of Everest . |