Example sentences of "went [adv] [conj] 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 She went home and the next morning began rebuilding her life .
4 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 .
5 " The soldiers went out and the first creature they found was Rabscuttle , grazing on the hill-top .
6 But the stars soon lost their sheen and went out as the first strain of light eased away the darkness .
7 On 20 June Peugeot went back and the first sackings of trade union leaders occurred .
8 Not all went well as the second half began .
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