Example sentences of "[vb past] the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in his 40s , he made the first solo ascent of Point Young on the Grandes Jorasses in August . |
| 2 | Despite this , Bennett led seven Hudson aircraft , with captain , co-pilot and wireless operator and made the first formation delivery flight across the Atlantic in November 1940 ; similar formation flights followed at regular intervals . |
| 3 | President Mitterrand of France on April 18-19 made the first state visit to Romania by a west European head of state since the fall of Ceausescu in December 1989 . |
| 4 | In mid-February 1990 the Powers announced that German flights to Berlin would also be allowed and on Aug. 5 a plane made the first Lufthansa flight to a Berlin airport since 1945 landing at Schönefeld airport ( on the outskirts of East Berlin ) . |
| 5 | For instance , in 1986 , he and his crew made the first Hooker crossing of the Atlantic to be Ireland 's representative in the Parade of Sail which celebrated the Centenary of the Statue of Liberty . |
| 6 | The Flying Scotsman , on a run from London to Scotland in the 1930's , became the first steam engine ever to reach 100 miles an hour . |
| 7 | Khaled Nezzar became the first Defence Minister of Cabinet status appointed in 25 years . |
| 8 | On pole after setting a lap record during the qualifying session , Mansell became the first rookie driver to win his first Indy grand prix since the late Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 . |
| 9 | They bought a garage at Caterham from Anthony Crook , who still runs the Bristol Car Company , and began by carrying out ‘ all the usual garage things ’ , and soon became the first Lotus agent when the manufacturer began to expand . |
| 10 | Rhodes Music Radio ( RMR ) became the first campus radio station to broadcast live , when it transmitted to Grahamstown during the Standard Bank National Festival in July . |
| 11 | Then , when the first priest arrived , he wanted to live in Tala-Tala near the kirk , so this became the first hospital , and this , ’ he almost kicked the battered old trunk , ‘ became the first filing cabinet . |
| 12 | Mr Scargill , in an editorial in a special election edition of his union journal The Miner , became the first union leader to issue a series of specific demands during a campaign in which most TUC figures have adopted a low profile . |
| 13 | True to historical precedent , it required a white rock musician to have a hit with a black man 's song — in this case Eric Clapton with ‘ I Shot the Sheriff ’ — before the breakthrough could occur ; but at length Bob Marley became the first reggae superstar . |
| 14 | In 1956 he became the first consultant neurologist to the RVI , establishing a department which achieved an international reputation . |
| 15 | Last year The Mary Whitehouse Experience became the first TV programme to be reported to the Broadcasting Standards Council after a derogatory sketch about Going For Gold star Henry Kelly was shown . |
| 16 | Malcolm Crosby of Sunderland almost became the first caretaker manager to win the FA Cup until Liverpool doused them with reality . |
| 17 | The first game was notable in that , apart from a demanding first win , Sebastian Sloane became the first Rugby schoolboy to score a five point try . |
| 18 | Indeed the authorities became so concerned that in 1935 she became the first cartoon character to be censored . |
| 19 | THIRD DIVISION Maidstone United became the first casualty club of the new season yesterday — and the fear is more could follow . |
| 20 | J.W.H.T. Douglas , became the first Test cricketer to win an Olympic title when he took the middleweight crown , beating the Australian R.L. ‘ Snowy ’ Baker , in 1908 , three years before captaining England on their tour of Australia . |
| 21 | A Left-winger and a staunch campaigner against nuclear weapons , she became the first woman chairman of the Tribune Group . |
| 22 | Boothroyd thus became the first woman Speaker . |
| 23 | ON THIS DAY : In 1919 , Lady Astor became the first woman MP to take her seat in the Commons . |
| 24 | Anthea became the first woman jockey to beat the male professionals over the Grand National fences on J J Henry , who is now the Beaumont stable hack . |
| 25 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 26 | His relief was tinged with sadness at the defeat of his close colleague and Tory party chairman , Mr Chris Patten , who became the first Cabinet Minister since 1979 to lose his seat . |
| 27 | In the following years the population in the areas of West Bowling and Horton increased enormously with the growth of the worsted industry and the building of new steam-powered mills , so that in November 1881 Canon Motler established St Joseph 's as a new parish and became the first parish priest himself . |
| 28 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 29 | The first Formula One World Championship race took place at Silverstone on 13 May 1950 and was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina , who became the first World Champion four months later . |
| 30 | BMK became the first carpet manufacturer in Britain to be registered with the 1987 version of British Standard 5750 for Quality Assurance . |