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The phrase "had often done" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that happened regularly in the past, usually multiple times. For example: "My grandmother had often done needlework throughout her entire life."
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He had often done this — scattered the pieces when he was losing — but he had never before apologized for it.
Handed renewed hope, the Eagles did not fumble it away as they had often done this season.
Except for a bloody lip, he emerged unscathed that day, as he had often done in his career as an extreme skier.
Unable to fit the pipa in an overhead bin, she started to strap it into an empty seat next to her, as she had often done before.
Her attacker, whom she identified as Mr. Kirby, a man who had often done work for her husband, Charles, drove her around before she was able to escape.
The principal caught one of the boys as he was harassing the girls and did what principals had often done to trouble-makers -- he spanked the boy.
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Blood tests, like the one Runi had, often do more harm than good.
Wars have often done it.
It is something Martin has often done.
He is not retiring, as Parcells has often done.
But he has often done very well at United States Opens.
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