Example sentences of "so [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time Henley was opened Braid had already won the Open Championship four times and went on to win again in 1910 so becoming the first golfer to win five times . |
| 2 | In these circumstances it seemed to Napoleon III that the Entente needed a boost and so came the first essay in Court diplomacy , the state visit to England in 1855 at the request of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 3 | So chaired the first part of the report I recommend that the structure as outlined erm , be approved and that the necessary recruitment take place as soon as possible . |
| 4 | The Napoleonic Wars brought about a large increase in the government debt and , in the twentieth century , so did the First World War and the Second World War . |
| 5 | ’ So ran the first paragraph introducing the venture . |