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

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1 A seven-iron and one putt later he had recorded his first birdie of the day .
2 Of these the most important was Hartley , after whom he had named his first son .
3 He had made his first apport as a teenager .
4 He had seen his first Rottweiler in the UK whilst visiting a police dog training centre and he was greatly impressed with his working ability .
5 The Club 's President revealed along the way that he had played his first golf at St Andrew 's in 1886 , aged 3½ , when he had used a wooden putter .
6 He died a year ago , ’ said Coffin shortly ; he had liked his first boss .
7 He had published his first book of poetry , Here And Now , in 1946 ; his second , Now Is The Place , in 1948 — shortly before Leonard chanced on Lorca 's poetry .
8 He had read his first book , Soho Nights , and praised it knowledgeably .
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