Example sentences of "[be] a few pound " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll give my share to your mother and you can tell her you bought it from me ; that way she 'll be content and you 'll be a few pounds better off . |
| 2 | point to point may be amateur but there 's a few pounds to be won by following the form … the bookies are here of course … lets face it a race meeting without them is like a bottle of champagne with no bubbles … |
| 3 | Oh I 'm , I 'm not sure , it 's , it 's a few hundred pounds a year and I , I , I 'm really guessing it 's a few hundred pounds a year for what they call a retaining fee , for being firemen , and then it 's a few pounds every time they attend , and a lesser amount every time for an , a greater amount every time they go out on the fire engine , but it 's nothing er nothing exceptionally high , it 's , it 's very reasonable when you think they 've got other jobs to do |
| 4 | All you need is a few pounds to meet unexpected and urgent costs . |
| 5 | That was a few pounds . |