Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [subord] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so the showing of chrysom babies on brasses went on until the second quarter of the seventeenth century , the last three in the extant series being 1600,1606 and 1631 . |
| 2 | The work went on until the last marcher had been patched up . |
| 3 | Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets . |
| 4 | But the stars soon lost their sheen and went out as the first strain of light eased away the darkness . |
| 5 | Even though more than three hundred years have gone by since the last Roundhead besieged the last Royalist ( and vice versa ) , evidence of their actions can sometimes still be seen on the ground . |