Example sentences of "became the first [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing he became the first US President since Harry S. Truman to veto a major spending bill . |
| 2 | Barry Abrook became the first UK skater to spin a 540 and make it . |
| 3 | His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 . |
| 4 | N.A. Mallender became the first England bowler to take five wickets in an innings on Test debut since N.G.B. Cook ( v NZ , Lord 's , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 6 | In 1893 , Drewy Stoddart became the first Middlesex batsman to score a century in each innings of a county match — carrying his bat for 195 not out ( out of 327 ) and 124 against Nottinghamshire at Lord 's . |
| 7 | At the UK 's IBM ‘ 93 Show in Birmingham last week , IBM UK Ltd became the first IBM company in Europe to publish an Open Options Catalogue of IBM and third party products available through mail order . |
| 8 | He made his name as mayor of West Berlin in 1957-66 , was Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 , and became the first SPD Chancellor in 1969 [ see p. 23618 ] . |
| 9 | So it became the first PGA Tour venue to lose a tournament because it does n't conform to the anti-discrimination rule laid down by the United States PGA . |
| 10 | In 1986 who became the first Gloucestershire player since 1966 to play for England ? ( 6 ) 4 . |