Example sentences of "of a [det] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 'm not : first I 'm going to wander round Bristol and try and get myself a job , then I 'm going to persuade the manager to give me an advance of a few pounds so I can get myself something to eat and find somewhere to stay . |
| 2 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 3 | She knew of a woman in Dublin who , for the theft of a few pounds , had gone to prison for five years . |
| 4 | The clothes in the boutiques were as superb as always , and by eleven-thirty she had managed to accumulate an assortment of bags which were beginning to feel as though they weighed several tons instead of a few pounds . |
| 5 | And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 6 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 7 | The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds . |