Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] [pron] first " 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 | His greatest idea came after he had written his first works and was doing an index for a book : this was to give a name composed of two words , a generic name and a specific or trivial one , to each species . |
4 | Some days later Gwenellen told me he had attended his first follow-up clinic two days previously . |
5 | Before long , he had made his first links with staff in the bank 's Florida and Panama branches . |
6 | He had made his first apport as a teenager . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | She could see nothing unless he had seen it first . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He died a year ago , ’ said Coffin shortly ; he had liked his first boss . |
11 | He had taken his first steps forward in English politics by denouncing the emphasis on German politics ; he was able to shift to a position the King found acceptable by adopting the policy he later described by saying ‘ America was conquered in Germany ’ , and this approach suited Britain 's position very well . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | He had forgotten our first fleeting encounter . |
14 | He had read his first book , Soho Nights , and praised it knowledgeably . |