Example sentences of "became the first british [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He played for Shropshire and Herefordshire boys and was in the same team as Sandy Lyle ; many years later they met in the final of the 1987 Suntory World Matchplay Championship and Woosnam became the first British winner .
2 Lyle , who became the first British winner of the title in 1988 , has been concerned throughout 30-year-old Jolande 's pregancy .
3 A man of 65 , from Bristol , last week became the first British patient to benefit from the technique , known as rotational angioplasty .
4 BRIDE Laura Browne , 34 , arrived in Cinderella 's glass coach yesterday as she and fiance Robbie Carter , 38 , from Silsoe , Beds , became the first British couple to marry at Disney World , Florida .
5 In 1983 Sheila Keech became the first British woman to receive a WFD medal of honour for services to the deaf .
6 Shortly before 8am on Monday , Ms Stephens , 31 , a journalist from Fulham , west London , became the first British woman to climb Everest .
7 HOCKEY star Steve Martin yesterday became the first British player sent off in Olympic Games history .
8 Helen Sharman , 27 , became the first British cosmonaut on May 18 .
9 Macari signed for Celtic in 1966 , and was an exciting reserve prospect during the Lisbon Lion era , when the club became the first British team to win the coveted European Cup .
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