Example sentences of "i [verb] [num] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally do n't want to go , I got thirteen pounds . |
| 2 | I put two pounds in the machine up there and I got fifteen pounds , I got the three bars , er , not the three , two bars and some nudges and I nudged it |
| 3 | I put a couple of quid in and I got four pounds something cos er went and bought some fags out of the machine and then I got the er the brown note flashing , from ten P so I stopped I have stopped . |
| 4 | ‘ The other day I got twenty-two pounds five and six from your accountants . |
| 5 | Cos I want five pounds . |
| 6 | I put two pounds in the machine up there and I got fifteen pounds , I got the three bars , er , not the three , two bars and some nudges and I nudged it |
| 7 | But then I put two pounds , which should have been off Linda 's . |
| 8 | It was still the strongest weapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of black treacle to the mixture . |
| 9 | Yeah , but you say that I paid thirty pounds for the Astra , now let's get it in the balance here , you see what I mean , and that sen and then |
| 10 | Er I paid thirteen pounds , ninety . |
| 11 | I paid twelve pounds . |
| 12 | Yeah and I paid ten pounds . |
| 13 | I borrowed forty pounds from Malc 's Mum and bought myself a long black frock with diamanté trim and began to learn my trade . |
| 14 | ‘ I owe five pounds an' some interest if yer must know , ’ Mum shouted . |
| 15 | Well normally I get five pounds . |
| 16 | I get two pounds from work , rise . |
| 17 | But at the moment I get thirty pounds a week |
| 18 | ‘ Do I hear eighty pounds for this excellent example of … of … ’ |
| 19 | Well you have to go through all this rigmarole of paperwork , you ca n't just go in and hand over your book and say please can I have five pounds now then I want to go and buy a book or something . |
| 20 | Could I have two pounds please ? |
| 21 | I pay thirty pounds |
| 22 | Did he say I pay twenty pounds ? |
| 23 | I pay forty pounds a year , about a twelfth of a normal club subscription . ’ |
| 24 | It only says pay a pound a week , I pay three pounds some week . |
| 25 | For the total I counted two pounds different from his Lordship , I |
| 26 | And I thought thirty pounds was rather a lot . |
| 27 | I put three pounds to win on a horse in the two-fifty , and then five pounds to win on the ‘ dead cert ’ this fellow had told me about in the three-fifteen or three-twenty — something like that . ’ |
| 28 | I think fifty pounds you know before they have to no it is n't my credit limit |
| 29 | It was n't a lot , not a lot erm I think thirty pounds a week , something like that . |
| 30 | But I think fourteen pounds a month is quite high . |