Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a fortune [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left : You do n't need to spend a fortune to get fresh ! |
| 2 | ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you ! |
| 3 | A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful . |
| 4 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 5 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 6 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 7 | You do n't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty , healthy meals . |
| 8 | Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes , thick , long and curling . |