Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [num] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went down town yesterday and got some braising steak and it cost me five pounds sixty . |
| 2 | And er one or two got caught up occasionally now and then so we did erm have to go underneath because I was earning too much to get a free one it cost me seven pounds ten and I 've got the receipt for it . |
| 3 | She said , well we had to bu we , ma made it out that we had to buy erm the whole , the whole box , it cost them fifty pounds ! |
| 4 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 5 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 6 | There 's some people send us money and say , I 've read in such and such a paper , erm somebody send it from Chesterfield the there their paper there , and they send us ten pounds or something and erm you know erm you never know how the fruits er . |
| 7 | We went to , I think it cost us nine pounds from where we were stopping in Lido to er , to go to er where this Madam |
| 8 | So changing into the future , you can do it at any time , what it actually means , it 'll affects the next month 's premiums , and switching , er , it 's on a bid to bid basis , from one fund to the other , and we charge them eighteen pounds per occasion . |
| 9 | I have to pay tax on that lot mind , but I mean it 's something you know like it 's still costing me fifty pounds |
| 10 | An everyday grey suit cost me twelve pounds . |
| 11 | If you leave Weatherbury today , I 'll give you fifty pounds . |
| 12 | If such a plea as this could be supported , the following would be a binding promise : A man might complain that another person used the public highway more than he ought to do , and that other might say , do not complain , and I will give you five pounds . |
| 13 | find it in the dictionary I 'll give you five pounds . |
| 14 | I 'll give you twenty pounds for the lot . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll give you twenty pounds if you lose twenty six pounds and that |
| 16 | If you 'll stand in the I D parade for them tonight at seven o'clock they 'll give you ten pounds . |
| 17 | They 'll give you ten pounds , to call for an I D parade tonight . |
| 18 | He said , I 'll give you ten pounds for that . |
| 19 | And then he he saw this Welsh dresser , he said I 'll give you ten pounds for that . |
| 20 | I 'll give him four pounds . |
| 21 | ‘ Will you let me lend you five pounds , Len , and take a couple of days at Southend , or somewhere ? ’ asked Clare . |
| 22 | Because the price of a single was almost the same as the price of the return but to get a refund you have to pay an administration charge which when you add it all up comes to me owing them four pounds . |
| 23 | You owe me thirty pounds . |
| 24 | My Mum works for Jane in there , in the alarm business and Jane paid me five pounds . |
| 25 | paid me two pounds . |
| 26 | The bonus for me was that the money was so much better than Whiteleys , Instead of getting 36 bob for Thursday evening and all day Saturday , Malcolm paid me three pounds 10 shillings — almost twice as much — for the Saturday only . |
| 27 | ‘ Give me five pounds ? ’ |
| 28 | Er say , I mean they normally give me three pounds do n't they ? |
| 29 | ‘ I know , I still owe you fifty pounds . ’ |
| 30 | I owe you thirty pounds . |