Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] pound " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 2 | If therefore , the tribute was agreed by bargain at ¾ or 15/ in the pound the men would have this amount paid to them for every pound value of whatever they produced . |
| 3 | ‘ Yours for a pound then , ’ said the auctioneer . |
| 4 | ‘ Can I sting you for a pound ? ’ |
| 5 | The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber . |
| 6 | Forest envisage the return of Webb , who left them in a Pounds 1.5 million deal three years ago , as a crucial step along the road to safety . |
| 7 | Give it some of that' or ’ We 've got Sabrina on next weeks show , and you do n't get many of them to the pound , eh boys ? ’ |
| 8 | If anyone was coming here to do some subversive overthrowing , everyone 'd be down on him like a pound of bricks as soon as he answered ‘ Yes ’ . ’ |
| 9 | She said that she had ‘ accidentally brushed against one of the four girls who were standing on the pavement ’ , whereupon ‘ all four caught hold of her , and beat her in a most savage manner , using fearful language ’ and left her on the pound bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth . |
| 10 | And then later on the script she ha to say he had to say to her well , call her , you leave her and if she does n't come to you that 's not your dog and take her to the pound and have her put down . |
| 11 | right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back |
| 12 | and puts it with a pound of Philadelphia cheese into the cavity of the chicken outside it 's just lightly rubbed with oil |
| 13 | Maggie approached Godfrey and said over his shoulder , ‘ I made it by the pound cake method . |
| 14 | ‘ Who 'll start me at a pound ? ’ |
| 15 | In other words , it was costing us about a pound an hour in water . |