Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plants had for the past three years been emitting toxic fumes which had caused skin diseases among the villagers , killed fish in local fishponds and contaminated farmlands . |
| 2 | When the hounds checked for the fourth time and could no. find again no matter how the huntsman held them round , Nora and Sir George withdrew . |
| 3 | When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door . |
| 4 | When they heard about the accident , the men looked for the brown envelope at once . |
| 5 | On the seventh of September the clouds broke for the first time , the wind subsided , and the sun came out . |