Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man .
2 Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years .
3 The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time .
4 Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 .
5 The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs .
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