Example sentences of "money for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | So much so that Newcastle are now ready to pay a lot of money for a striker , ‘ a Newcastle type ’ in Keegan 's words , as a replacement . |
| 32 | The big money for a Lewis-Bruno fight will come from the paying audience . |
| 33 | No man as prudent as William Titford would have paid out good money for a family grave unless he had some firm evidence that there would eventually be some bodies to put in it . |
| 34 | If he could earn some money for a railway ticket he would go straight off to Amsterdam and ‘ fathom ’ the deafening silence which was tormenting him . |
| 35 | He had sent money for a little while , and dates when he was going to be back ; and then excuses , and little money . |
| 36 | ‘ Thessy says he 's been offered a lot of money for a charter ? ’ |
| 37 | The materials are affordable — around £250 including skip and breaker hire for a modest pit — but when labour and VAT are added , they push it closer to £2,000 — at lot of money for a fancy hole in the ground ! |
| 38 | With the vibrant Seventies Brit cults only now beginning to get the recognition they deserved , you 'll pay good money for a copy of a rarer title such as Teeny Bop Idol and Punk Rock . |
| 39 | Scott could not succeed without outside finance , and soon this was supplied by David Astor , then editor of the London Observer , who put up half the money for a new venture , the Central African Mail , which began publishing in 1960 . |
| 40 | The skills described have widespread application — they could be used to improve communication at home , to raise money for a charitable cause or to negotiate with another company over a takeover bid , for example . |
| 41 | ROYAL Navy captain Fabian Malbon , 46 , led 300 crew up the 1,400ft-high rock of Gibraltar yesterday to raise money for a cancer appeal . |
| 42 | Tshwete agreed that the SARFU had promised money for a development programme . |
| 43 | PUPILS are selling themselves into slavery this week in a bid to raise money for a worthy cause . |
| 44 | In the middle of July a sponsored climb took place to raise money for a local charity — Special Sport — who take handicapped people climbing at Harrison 's and North Wales . |
| 45 | One day Mary asked her father for money for a pop concert which she had already booked up with a friend without consulting him . |
| 46 | Cafe owner George 's £55,000 three-bedroom Belfast home goes on the market today to raise the money for a private op . |
| 47 | He had been in charge of an Army motorcycle team which managed to raise the money for a £10,000 minibus for handicapped children . |
| 48 | BIG hearted Gaby Hills went racing at sea to raise money for a lifeboat — and had to be rescued after falling overboard . |
| 49 | Fancy a real thrill for free while raising money for a good cause ? |
| 50 | MY SISTER 'S HIV POSITIVE AND I 'M GOING TO DO A SPONSORED WALK TO RAISE MONEY FOR A NEW AIDS CENTRE . |
| 51 | That 's a lot of money for a student . ’ |
| 52 | Her great-grandparents had lived in this house ; it was her great-grandfather who had bought the farm ; but from where had come the money for a Polish immigrant to buy a farm in those far-off days remained a mystery to both her grandfather and , of course , her father . |
| 53 | In the third tier competition a beleaguered group of Romanian students , with little more than £30 spending money for a week in Hong Kong , still had enough brass to beat Papua New Guinea for the Bowl . |
| 54 | He had n't enough money for a taxi so they took the bus back to Champney Crucis . |
| 55 | So this is a very interesting development and extremely good value for money for a set of breathable waterproofs providing you do n't plan to go out in really wild weather . |
| 56 | However , I agree that it 's unreasonable to expect people to pay good money for a forecast that is no longer relevant and we shall look at ways of eliminating this problem . |
| 57 | Sara thought the stone would have cost all of their own take-home money for a month after the mortgage was paid . |
| 58 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 59 | The French Chamber of Deputies killed the chance of Anglo-French cooperation by refusing to vote money for a joint expedition . |
| 60 | Mr. G. Sharp contributed £5 , the profits from a hymn which he had composed , and subsistence money for a solder at the infirmary produced an additional £3.16.6d . |