Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] fortune [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his eagerness to amass a personal fortune to fund his politics , he borrowed heavily to invest in an obscure Canadian company called Aquablast . |
| 2 | Moran knows a bit about markets : he has a personal fortune estimated at £150 million , and he has just announced that he intends to spend £25 million converting a remnant of medieval London into a sumptuous family home . |
| 3 | In older gardens , particularly those that date back to Edwardian or Victorian times , you might be lucky enough to inherit paths laid in old blue paving bricks , or some of those delightful ‘ rope ’ edging tiles that cost a small fortune to buy today . |
| 4 | I could have made a real fortune becoming Mr Vietnam , I could have hit the lecture circuit , I could have spun it out into a fabulous little industry , but that 's not interesting . |
| 5 | That the aircraft is almost time-expired and costs a small fortune to operate is almost a secondary consideration , but a damning one nonetheless . |
| 6 | You 've got until nine o'clock tomorrow morning to have route round the attic or down in the cellar to see if you 've got a small fortune waiting to be discovered . |
| 7 | Unless you can do so your holding will deteriorate or you will spend a small fortune paying outsiders to look after it for you . |
| 8 | Yet even DEC , which has spent a small fortune debugging and porting it , has loosened its bear hug . |
| 9 | On the one hand , you have the country 's premier club in the process of spending a small fortune to reconstruct an ageing team : on the other , a Second Division side thriving on young , home-grown talent who may have to be sold to Liverpool and other members of the wealthy elite . |
| 10 | Who would pay a small fortune to come and spend a week in a draughty Highland hotel miles away from the slopes , when they could get a package holiday to somewhere snowy , romantic and convenient in the Alps for half the price ? |
| 11 | The kid brother went on to make a moderate fortune doing the same with golf balls and golf clubs . |
| 12 | And these are men who have paid a small fortune to meet someone ! |