Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [art] pound " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 2 | However , at Foxton they are side-aligned ‘ pounds ’ rather than ‘ ponds ’ , designed to maintain a water supply to each lock , and contain the water which would normally be in the pound between each lock . |
| 3 | All eyes will be on the pound . |
| 4 | The FT-SE 100 Index shed around 4 points at 2717.9 at the close but over the next few weeks all eyes will be on the pound . |
| 5 | There looked to be over a pound of the delicious , translucent sweets the bag was bursting , spilling over so that a dozen or more lay scattered on the dusty floor , gleaming like diamonds through the wrappers . |
| 6 | That 's gon na be over a pound |
| 7 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
| 8 | Remember that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure . |
| 9 | It 's about a pound . |
| 10 | It 's about a pound a word . |
| 11 | I mean root ginger 's like a pound a pound , or two pound a pound . |
| 12 | I think fish is over a pound , yeah . |
| 13 | . He 's on a pound an hour . |
| 14 | idea to get it going and get it off the ground even if you you put your beer on at , well I just thought of couple Boddingtons put their they 're they 're gon na put their , they 're gon na put there 's at a pound a pint . |
| 15 | T. B. In those days , a bobby was a good catch for a woman — in a regular job and a good wage — average working man 's wage was around a pound to thirty shillings . |