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Example sentences for "became first"

  • In 1891 he became first president of the Irish Literary Society.

  • The first office which he held was that of lieutenant-general in the bailliage of Montferrand; in 1507 he became first president of the parlement of Paris.

  • Paine accordingly settled at Philadelphia in 1774, where he became first a contributor to newspapers and periodicals, and then editor of the "Philadelphia Magazine.

  • He became first lord of the treasury; Lord John Russell, minister for foreign affairs; Sir G.

  • In December 1852, however, be became first lord of the treasury and head of a coalition ministry of Whigs and Peelites.

  • After acquiring fame by his valuable Treatise on Algebra, '49, he became first Bishop of Natal, '54.

  • In '67 he became first president of the Free Religious Association, but, becoming too advanced, resigned in '79 and came to Europe.

  • He was elected to the State Senate, and in '67 became first president of Cornell, a university which he has largely endowed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another animal; another sort; became convinced; became customary; became dark; became evident; became head; became lord; became pastor; became poor; became president; became quite; became secretary; became the; been called; blessed thing; clock tomorrow; corolla funnel; desperate effort; devote himself; five kilometres; lion rampant; molten lava; not the first time; says elsewhere; small proportion