Example sentences of "write his first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the death of his grandfather in 1938 Keyes was inspired to write his first serious poem ‘ Elegy ’ . |
| 2 | Anthony Powell , who once encouraged Waugh to write his first full-length book — a biography of Rossetti ( 1928 ) — has suggested that Waugh revived simplicity because he was himself simple : |
| 3 | The scriptwriter of My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid has written his first published novel which , like the two films , is plump with challenging statements about class , race , and sex . |
| 4 | Allen Ginsberg was writing his first major work Howl that summer in the Village . |
| 5 | One can perhaps understand why John Keats , ’ writing his first mature work of poetry , managed to confuse Balboa with Cortez ; a young and sensitive man , Keats may well have balked at including a figure capable of such wanton cruelty in a sonnet devoted to such tender sentiments . |