Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] to the [adj] ages " in BNC.
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1 | Hot cross buns , Simnel cake and Easter biscuits ( see recipes on page 60 ) contain currants and mixed spices that have been eaten at Lent since Elizabethan times , although their use goes back to the Middle Ages when only the rich could afford spice . |
2 | Probably , someone you would disapprove of I did n't know whether remember no probably not it goes back to the middle ages . |
3 | This law dates back to the Middle Ages , when it was a means of filling the royal coffers , and until now it has allowed the State ( today the Treasury ) to claim possession of valuable objects whose owners can not be traced . |
4 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
5 | Swan-upping ; a Thames tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages . |