Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a fortune [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as business problems Mr Liffen , 47 , who made a fortune importing Italian electrical goods in the Seventies , also had domestic troubles , police said . |
| 2 | Electronics millionaire Alan Sugar , who made a fortune selling hi-fis and computers at prices even the Japanese could not match , is planning to buy back his Amstrad company from investors . |
| 3 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 4 | At the end he said to the agent , ‘ It needs a fortune spending on it . |
| 5 | People say of Monsoon that he has a fortune buried in a burnt-out refrigerator on one of the many little islands standing knee-deep in the sea . |
| 6 | From nothing he amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds by a combination of sustained hard work and practical technical ability . |
| 7 | It costs a fortune to run and can not have many years left before scrapping , anyway . |
| 8 | He spent a fortune doing it up and then his girlfriend bolted and now he wants to sell . |