Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great rift goes back 500 years |
| 2 | Similar fluctuations have been found in other climate data going back 130,000 years . |
| 3 | Flat owners face losing their homes after being landed with a bill for ground rent going back fifteen years . |
| 4 | In this strange institution we did not even know all the people who worked in the same room as ourselves , as the action went on twenty-four hours a day , and we were on duty on varying shifts . |
| 5 | If the spin is " up " the electron goes off one way , if it is " down " the electron goes off the other way , as in the figure . |
| 6 | The Llandinabo herd has British bloodlines going back 200 years . |
| 7 | Today 's shares : Abbey National down four to two two three point five , British Aerospace up four to five hundred and thirty nine , British Airways up two at a hundred and thirty nine , British Gas down five to two one eight , British Telecom went down four point five , ending the day at two hundred and seventy point five , the Goodhead Publishing Group went down two to fifty six , Metalbox were up thirty seven to one one two five , Morland Brewers down three at two six five , Oxford Instruments remained at two thirty , while Thames Water stayed at two hundred and twenty eight and T S B were up nought point five at a hundred and thirty eight . |
| 8 | British Telecom went down three point five to two five nine point five , the Goodhead Publishing Group stayed at forty three . |
| 9 | Blockbusters goes out three nights a week and features sixth formers seeking cash prizes , foreign holidays and the experience of a lifetime . |
| 10 | So in reality our S S A is going up about one and a half percent , and as you know our budget has gone up about one and a half percent , so why is the council tax going up six point three percent ? |
| 11 | His head is cocked slightly to one side , as if to reduce his height to Shirley Esplin 's level , and a slight sympathetic smile goes up one side of his face . |
| 12 | A mother 's agony goes on 20 years after her son 's death |
| 13 | Is that lorry going out ten tonne short today then ? |
| 14 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 15 | The 1964 committee devised a system of entrances and exits to the serving points , and people went up one aisle and down the next to avoid confusion . |
| 16 | Then I was working and my sister Mary started work and my father went out one night and he came back knocked the door and he was drunk as per usual . |
| 17 | So his foot went down two steps , and sure enough down came the wardrobe onto his toe and did n't do any damage and then just bounced to the next step down . |
| 18 | The Princeton researchers went back 40 years for their statistics , covering nine recessions . |
| 19 | One in four men in this country has been a scout , but the camp site image has remained the same ; despite the fact that the short trousers and wide hats went out 20 years ago . |
| 20 | The door of the back kitchen went down two steps and then there was a chimney corner with shaped stonework , which I think would have had a wooden seat long ago . |
| 21 | So erm mum went down one day and he was there and she said he were with my sister 's boy , they were both sleeping rough . |
| 22 | SOUL singer Whitney Houston yesterday cemented her place in a galaxy of stars going back 40 years with this year 's Christmas No. 1 . |
| 23 | Today 's share prices : Abbey National down two at two two eight , British Aerospace down twenty two at five three seven , British Airways down three at a hundred and forty one , British Gas went down four point five at two two seven point five , British Telecom down six point five at two hundred and eighty four , Goodhead Publishing Group stayed at sixty , Metalbox down fifty to one O O seven five , Morland Brewers unchanged at two hundred and seventy , Oxford Instruments went down four to two three three , Thames Water was down five at two two nine and the Trustee Savings Bank went down one to a hundred and thirty seven . |
| 24 | British Gas went down two point five to two one three . |
| 25 | Today 's shares : Abbey National down one at two two seven point five , British Aerospace up six at five four five , British Airways unchanged at a hundred and thirty seven , British Gas went down two point five to two two three , while British Telecom went down one to two seven five , the Goodhead Publishing Group stayed at fifty eight , Metalbox unchanged at one O eight eight , Morland Brewers went down two to two hundred and sixty eight , but Oxford Instruments stayed at two hundred and thirty , Thames Water down four at two two eight , Trustee Savings Bank up two point five at a hundred and thirty seven point five , and today 's major movers , Reuters up twenty four at seven hundred and thirteen , and Bass up ten at one O four six . |
| 26 | ninety ninety one prices went up thirteen percent on average , and in ninety one ninety two by fifteen percent . |
| 27 | Her voice went up three tones on the last words , she sniffed loudly and I heard the click of her handbag . |
| 28 | But it is true , Liebchen , ancestry counts , a family line going back 600 years … and I see it in you . ’ |
| 29 | Carl Lewis has called the 100 metres ‘ ten seconds going on ten years ’ . |
| 30 | CHILDREN went back 300 years in time when they arrived at Speke Hall . |