Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] his first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He is so true to his roots that he is buying his first home in ‘ mean street , ’ Philadelphia , the tough district where his father and several friends were killed .
2 Traditionally speaking , once an instructor has passed all his elementary examinations and is deemed proficient , he is awarded his first dan ( known as shodan ) .
3 The main danger to The Thinker must be Playschool , but he is having his first race since breaking down at Cheltenham in November , 1988 .
4 The main danger to The Thinker must be Playschool , but he is having his first race since breaking down at Cheltenham in November , 1988 .
5 But today he 's holding his first phone conversation since 1987 .
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