Example sentences of "they become the first " in BNC.

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1 He also helped them become the first team since Lotus and BRM in 1963 to score points in every race of the year .
2 They became the first club since the war to win the Cup and the League , and were the first to win the League on goal average .
3 When not busy whipping crowds to a frenzy ( but more of the Skin 2 Rubber Ball later ) , they became the first band to play the newly re-opened Stone Pony Club in Asbury Park , New Jersey where , of course , BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN first launched his career .
4 In his autobiography Nothing Venture Nothing Win Hillary describes the moment in 1953 when they became the first people ever to reach the top of Everest .
5 His brother , Cherry , joined him in his work and together they became the first men to illustrate books on natural history throughout with photographs .
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