Example sentences of "[pron] cost [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cost me £38 in Boots . |
| 2 | From day one my D35 blew it away , and I felt no pangs as it went , traded in against the Martin which cost me £225 in Top Gear in Denmark Street . |
| 3 | Crisp says his four-bedroom Potton house , which cost him £120,000 to build , is currently valued at £180,000 . |
| 4 | It is probable that the species commonly called summer or spring wheat will continue to be the favourite sort of this grain ; and although the cultivation of it may not perhaps be advisable in general over the Hebrides , yet , in consequence of various circumstances favourable to it in Islay , and especially the building of a flour mill by the enlightened and patriotic proprietor , ( which cost him £1200 ) , this valuable crop may be extended over a large portion of the best farms in the island . |
| 5 | Instead of a windfall-profits tax , which cost them £375m in 1981 , the banks merely have to suffer the pin-prick of a delay in claiming tax-relief on those same provisions which hit their profits . |
| 6 | If IBM is contemplating dumping PCs , which cost it money every time it sells one , that would make Rios and soon-to-be PowerPC machines its entry level . |
| 7 | She has £20,000 savings and owes £10,000 on her repayment mortgage , which costs her £78 a month , or £930 a year after she has received the tax allowance . |
| 8 | ‘ I contact businesses and invite them to join the trust which costs them £250 . |
| 9 | They were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dear . |
| 10 | More than 17 per cent of all disabling occupational injuries , plus many thousands of less serious accidents , were caused by falls in 1990 , according to the National Safety Council , and they cost US business billions of dollars |
| 11 | Now they cost us £210,000 and £100,000 . |
| 12 | According to one of the skippers , each hunting trip cost on average over US$130 more than the crew received for the catch — the fishermen were simply carrying on a proud and noble tradition , even though it cost them money . |
| 13 | They set out to develop an empire and wage European wars at the same time , though their empire was unlike any of the others : it cost them money . |
| 14 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 15 | It cost me £58 and again is in excellent condition , and would have been double that price new . |
| 16 | It cost me £300 for insurance and shipping my MX-5 to Amsterdam on a roll-on ferry out of Brunswick , Georgia . |
| 17 | Including the gearbox , it cost him £1,000 . |
| 18 | By 1802 John Wayland — a member of a famous Frome family , some of whom were to be very eminent in Baptist circles in America — was the new owner , and rates on it cost him 4d. ; lucky old Mrs. Muir , then , who had taken over by 1804 , and was only charged half the price … |
| 19 | If you bet on horses or drink then it cost you money . |
| 20 | It cost us £50,000 to get Eva back , but I 'd spend it again if I had to . ’ |
| 21 | We spent , it cost us double and we , then it was the same thing , same place , they were getting |
| 22 | It cost £2.5 billion and we got back £2 billion , which means that it cost us £500 million , which does not look to me like a profit . |
| 23 | Our first car was an ex-WD Austin 8 and it cost us £25 in 1957 . |
| 24 | ‘ Every time a cheque bounces it costs me £3 in bank charges . |
| 25 | who comes two years later when he has to do the same price again and it costs him money or her . |
| 26 | It is true that many people who are hourly-paid avoid work on a Saturday morning because they feel it costs them money — the total tax for the week exceeding the Saturday pay . |
| 27 | Cos every cheque they get and got ta put in it costs them money . |
| 28 | It costs you money . |
| 29 | They get you to go in for something and then it costs you money . |
| 30 | As a seller , it costs you £25 to cover lost legal fees of up to £300 if your buyer pulls out for any reason other than an adverse survey , a defect in title , or unreasonable delay on your part . |