Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [vb past] the first " in BNC.

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1 His announcement constituted the first fundamental change of US policy on Indo-China since the US retreat from the region in 1975 .
2 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 .
3 His father struck the first chord and Davide began ,
4 In their competition for French support Ferdinand and his father became the first afrancesados ( Frenchifiers ) .
5 Andrew , 13 , was just three years old when his father suffered the first of a series of strokes .
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