Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy , inset left , killed him when they thought he owned them £25 . |
| 2 | Baroness Burdett-Coutts lent them £50,000 and the princess 's mother made regular contributions . |
| 3 | Occasionally , she 's given me £5 or £10 if I go down to see her and says ‘ Treat yourself and do n't tell Paul . |
| 4 | So all these a lot of these firms are not up to the job why do why do n't you sack them people are not up to the job why do n't they get sacked ? |
| 5 | If they want their dredging done they got them people in which cost a lot more money . |
| 6 | He 's given them £342,000 in the past five years to create the ‘ right business environment ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I have had consultants who have done a full cowboy job and then charged me £25.000 . ’ |
| 8 | Now they do n't have any money , and they believe he owes them £25 . |
| 9 | Where if you 're fairly new , you do n't know them people , you might be thinking you have to have a timed appointment to go in with , where you 'll save a lot of time by just building up , and working on your existing like that . |
| 10 | If you have that many to deal with , spacing them 2ft ( 0.6m ) apart and 3ft ( 0.9m ) between the rows would be ideal . |
| 11 | From day one my D35 blew it away , and I felt no pangs as it went , traded in against the Martin which cost me £225 in Top Gear in Denmark Street . |
| 12 | It cost me £58 and again is in excellent condition , and would have been double that price new . |
| 13 | Beating Faldo cost me £90,000 |
| 14 | It cost me £300 for insurance and shipping my MX-5 to Amsterdam on a roll-on ferry out of Brunswick , Georgia . |
| 15 | Instead of a windfall-profits tax , which cost them £375m in 1981 , the banks merely have to suffer the pin-prick of a delay in claiming tax-relief on those same provisions which hit their profits . |
| 16 | However , after completing the purchase , they were horrified to find that the cottage was infested with dry rot — this cost them £5,000 to deal with . |
| 17 | Leeds tempted Bentley to turn professional with a £100,000 contract in November , 1988 , while Divorty cost them £90,000 from Hull three years ago . |
| 18 | In this fun competition from Guinness Original and DIY , you can test your d-i-y skills , pass on useful tips that can win you £100 , and have a chance to win a dream holiday for two to the Caribbean worth up to £3,500 , with another £500 spending money . |
| 19 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 20 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 21 | Then they charged her £25 for a letter telling her what they had done . |
| 22 | When one of the clocks failed Aerospatiale charged him £1,200 for a replacement ! |
| 23 | When he defected to Benetton last year after just one outing , his old boss Eddie Jordan still charged him £150,000 compensation per Grand Prix race for the privilege of confirming that he was the nearest thing to Ayrton Senna since , well , Ayrton Senna . |
| 24 | POLICE last night appealed for information about the whereabouts of a missing antiques dealer as a man claimed he owes him £1,600 . |
| 25 | Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience : |
| 26 | But reruns around the world are set to net him £49 million for the two years ending this December , taking his total fortune to around £150 million . |
| 27 | Crisp says his four-bedroom Potton house , which cost him £120,000 to build , is currently valued at £180,000 . |
| 28 | Including the gearbox , it cost him £1,000 . |
| 29 | By 1802 John Wayland — a member of a famous Frome family , some of whom were to be very eminent in Baptist circles in America — was the new owner , and rates on it cost him 4d. ; lucky old Mrs. Muir , then , who had taken over by 1804 , and was only charged half the price … |
| 30 | It is probable that the species commonly called summer or spring wheat will continue to be the favourite sort of this grain ; and although the cultivation of it may not perhaps be advisable in general over the Hebrides , yet , in consequence of various circumstances favourable to it in Islay , and especially the building of a flour mill by the enlightened and patriotic proprietor , ( which cost him £1200 ) , this valuable crop may be extended over a large portion of the best farms in the island . |