Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] go [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life .
2 Since the first of September till the twenty-sixth of September , we 've had thirteen bikes go all over Banbury , and since the twenty-sixth of September it seems to have increased and we 've had eight of various sorts go , er ranging from a hundred to a hundred and ninety pounds .
3 House sales over the six months went up from 357 units for the previous comparable period to 409 .
4 Both were well loaded to Machynlleth , but the bulk of the passengers at this time of year are headed for Aberystwyth and on the Tuesday I was surprised to see a lightly loaded train consisting of two 156 units go on to Pwllheli while the crowd on Machynlleth had to get into a 153 .
5 Last night six names went forward for next month 's selection contest caused by the decision of Mr Ted Leadbitter to retire after 25 years .
6 On Aug. 19 he made a dramatic call for resistance , standing on one of the tanks stationed outside the Supreme Soviet building ( 10 tanks went over to Yeltsin on the night of Aug. 19 — see below ; the commander of tanks stationed outside the Russian Supreme Soviet building was reported as saying that he would not order an attack on Yeltsin . )
7 AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings .
8 With six wickets going down for 62 they were never in the hunt , but Randall did his best to keep the game alive , supported by Knott and Jackman .
9 The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken .
10 Three branches went out on strike in South Tyneside , Walsall , and Hackney .
11 As regards to the non-payment , we are , fifty four pounds goes on in , forty three pounds goes on in , thirty seven pounds goes on in and , all of them greater than that which we have put on simply in order to recollect the poll tax .
12 And this th th this three surgeons go out from here and they do all their research on the various and they operate from eight o'clock at night to eight in the morning , non-stop , using three theatres , each doing a forty five minutes one , and then another one takes
13 THREE arms go up in a golden salute as brothers Jonny and Greg Searle celebrate victory with Garry Herbert in the 2000m coxed pairs .
14 After a long day filming , our three Busmen went off with notes on everything from the capital of Grand Cayman to the flag of Ougodogoland .
15 And I can see this er this woman with her three children go off to the workhouse and er they was crying but they were waving and then all the neighbours was out waving to them .
16 The three children went down to the station at the right time , dressed in their best clothes , and the Station Master came to meet them .
17 The three women went upstairs to the spare bedroom .
18 The quick succession departure of both batsmen sparked off an Instonians landslide , with the last three wickets going down at 118 .
19 Three constables went along with torches , firing the furze .
20 More than 7,000 firms went under in the three months to September — the highest number since the recession began .
21 if if I 'm bumped off that thirty thousand pounds go off to , goes to pay the mortgage .
22 A total of 1,767 businesses went under in the first quarter of this year , as against 2,074 a year earlier .
23 A total of 1,767 businesses went under in the first quarter of this year , as against 2,074 a year earlier .
24 The Financial Times of June 29 wrote : " There is still a sense of illegality , or at least doubtful legality , about Denmark 's 11 partners going ahead with ratifying the Maastricht Treaty on political and monetary union , when the Treaty of Rome [ establishing the European Economic Community in 1957 ] says that constitutional revisions must carry the unanimous assent of all EC states .
25 The cut for the weekend was made at 156 , with 41 players going through to the final two rounds .
26 They are the result of a survey in the wake of statistics which revealed that a quarter of a billion pounds goes up in smoke each year as part of Belfast 's annual energy bill .
27 deep cross coming in , brilliant header at the back post , Palace get a second goal and the scorer again is , uncovered at the back post , brilliant buildup down the left , superb finishing , the hero , Palace fans on their feet , Notts fans sit in silence , they trail two nil , with twenty minutes gone a push on , the referee looked across to the linesman on this nearside , Notts attacking the Lane end and the linesman said penalty , twenty one minutes gone here in this game , just a minute after scored .
28 Up to 13 bombs went off across the city , many of them car bombs .
29 Up to 13 bombs went off across the city , many of them car bombs .
30 She went to catch a bus on Bloody Friday when 13 bombs went off in Belfast city centre .
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