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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pertain .
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Examples
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But he left the word gunsel because Hammett had used it so casually that Shaw took it for granted that the word pertained to a hired gunman.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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But he left the word gunsel because Hammett had used it so casually that Shaw took it for granted that the word pertained to a hired gunman.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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I continued along this life-is-tough vein until I noticed the clock and realized his call pertained to something bigger than a water shortage.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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I continued along this life-is-tough vein until I noticed the clock and realized his call pertained to something bigger than a water shortage.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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That recall pertained to the pedal getting stuck under the floor mat.
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Zelikow would claim that these calls pertained to his "old job" at the University of Virginia's Miller
Unanswered Questions 2009
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One of those calls pertained to a deadline set for
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap 2008
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Adèle for ten years at a boarding-school in "the town," where she would receive an education such as pertained to her rank and fortune.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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The Nestorians wished to divide words predicated of Christ, in this way, viz. that such as pertained to human nature should not be predicated of God, and that such as pertained to the Divine Nature should not be predicated of the Man.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Of other furniture there did not seem to be a vestige in the place, save such as pertained to the necessities of eating and sleeping.
The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Max Pemberton 1906
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