Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew of a woman in Dublin who , for the theft of a few pounds , had gone to prison for five years . |
| 2 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 3 | And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 4 | The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 5 | A mock ‘ Petition of the Pawnbrokers ’ said the petitioners who were in the business of lending small sums on pledges were not legally justified in charging more than five pounds for the loan of a hundred pounds for a year . |
| 6 | Through their sponsorship of cricket , Cornhill , until recently a little-known City insurance company , turned themselves into a household name at the cost of a million pounds over five years . |
| 7 | He bought the painting for a few pounds in the nineteen fifties . |
| 8 | But it 'll cost something in the region of a hundred pounds to replace a set of tyres . |