Example sentences of "[noun pl] go [adv prt] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Llandinabo herd has British bloodlines going back 200 years . |
| 2 | Blockbusters goes out three nights a week and features sixth formers seeking cash prizes , foreign holidays and the experience of a lifetime . |
| 3 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 4 | The Princeton researchers went back 40 years for their statistics , covering nine recessions . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | SOUL singer Whitney Houston yesterday cemented her place in a galaxy of stars going back 40 years with this year 's Christmas No. 1 . |
| 7 | ninety ninety one prices went up thirteen percent on average , and in ninety one ninety two by fifteen percent . |
| 8 | Carl Lewis has called the 100 metres ‘ ten seconds going on ten years ’ . |
| 9 | CHILDREN went back 300 years in time when they arrived at Speke Hall . |
| 10 | Mattocks Roses go back 4 generations to 1875 when Mark 's great grand-father , John Mattock set up in business in Headington in Oxford . |
| 11 | The court heard that Cowden , a former professional conman , had a string of convictions going back 53 years . |