Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the middle [noun pl] " 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 | Erm then he moves on to the middle peasants erm they 're similar , I mean once again they , they 've got enough to eat , they are , they are n't under as much stress , I mean th th they can su survive and so the idea of them risking all to support a revolution would be very er you know very risky at the time at the beginning er the opening period erm so once again th th I 'd say their conclusion is afraid not , you know , I wo n't join a peasant association , i it wo n't last . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Though build-about 1740 this timber frame type of construction dates back to the Middle Ages . |
| 6 | Swan-upping ; a Thames tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages . |