Example sentences of "thus became [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Mains thus became the first ( and I am afraid , only ) rugby man who ever considered I knew anything about the game .
2 The hostility which this aroused , as well as his role as royal guardian of London , resulted in his death at the hands of a furious mob and he thus became the first bishop since Becket to be murdered .
3 She succeeded Leif Haraldseth and thus became the first woman to hold the post .
4 Boothroyd thus became the first woman Speaker .
5 ‘ Just the job , ’ thought the enthusiastic Gary , and thus became the first person in history to attempt to convert a quartet of Jehovah 's Witness .
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