Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [num] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |
| 2 | ‘ If you 'd like to give me ten pounds , ’ she added , quickly . |
| 3 | He only wanted to give you eight pounds a performance , but I pushed him up . ’ |
| 4 | Oh I 've used all my change I 'll have to give you five pounds . |
| 5 | If you tell them that to get exactly what they need it 's going to cost them thirty pounds a month , and is n't it a brilliant contract , they 'll probably have that . |
| 6 | Just that they , they 're not willing to do it for nothing , and it 's going to cost you twenty pounds a time on top of the P A hire . |
| 7 | So if he wants a hundred thousand , for every ten thousand it 's one pound fifty seven , it 's going to cost him fifteen pounds seventy , and add two pounds , it 's seventeen seventy . |
| 8 | You 're putting the meal up fifteen percent , and you 're assuming that you 're going to charge them two pounds for the attendance to that centre . |