Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pron] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three days later he became the first President in American history to resign his office . |
| 2 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |
| 3 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 4 | An outstanding sportsman , in 1936 he became Irish universities ' heavyweight boxing champion and two years later he received the first of six rugby international caps for Ireland , touring South Africa in 1938 with the British Lions . |
| 5 | Labourer Nick Stylianou , 26 , was repairing paving stones when he saw the first bomb explode . |