Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] pounds [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But even that can be a hundred pounds a week — still too much for many . |
2 | Full fees were a hundred pounds a year and erm the Education Department ha had assessed my father 's contribution towards the fees at six shillings a week which was about fifteen pounds a year . |
3 | or whatever and they were a hundred pounds a week or |
4 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
5 | So South West is is a hundred pounds a year more than ours . |