Example sentences of "[num ord] woman [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
2 | Happy ending : Nicky , the first woman to walk to the North Pole , married Robert , the first man to walk to both Poles , three weeks ago in a Co . |
3 | Nicky , the first woman to walk to the North Pole , married Robert , the first man to walk to both Poles , three weeks ago in a Co . |
4 | Victoria Woodhull Claffin — later 19th Century free-thinking radical feminist who was the first woman to run for the office of United States President over 30 years before women 's suffrage . |
5 | Charlotte Brew was the first woman to ride in the National when partnering Barony Fort in 1977 . |