Example sentences of "for [art] few pound " in BNC.
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1 | Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house . |
2 | Bought as an ‘ add-on ’ with a house contents policy for a few pounds a year , it should cover you for consumer , household and personal injury claims . |
3 | Most campsites also have huts for hire for a few pounds per night per person . |
4 | Scotsmen , Englishmen , and Welshmen joined with local fighters like Spider Kelly , Jackie Quinn , and Rinty Monaghan to slug it out for a few pounds . |
5 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
6 | In Britain , those from the late Fifties and Sixties fetch about Pounds 1 , while pre-war badges can usually be picked up for a few pounds . |
7 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |
8 | And then they 'd have a big auction for a few pounds where Dad used to do the auctioning and since he was a sergeant major one could hear his voice . |
9 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
10 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
11 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
12 | Old man beaten to death for a few pounds . |
13 | He bought the painting for a few pounds in the nineteen fifties . |
14 | Sandwiched between the pair is a vast array of goods , ranging from the luxurious to the novel , the exorbitantly priced to those selling for a few pounds . |
15 | If he did n't become a telly millionaire turning out musical trash they could be flogged for a few pounds . |
16 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase , ’ he said . |
17 | ‘ It shows that the public is beginning to realise that for a few pounds spent on car security they can protect their second most expensive purchase . ’ |