Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] pounds [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Northampton a blind widow of eighty-two has been robbed of a thousand pounds at her home . |
| 2 | The scheme relies on private money — in this case a donation of a thousand pounds from BT . |
| 3 | A mock ‘ Petition of the Pawnbrokers ’ said the petitioners who were in the business of lending small sums on pledges were not legally justified in charging more than five pounds for the loan of a hundred pounds for a year . |
| 4 | Lot number thirty two Lot thirty two , the lacquer brushes there we are , there 's the lacquer brushes , I 've got two offers of a hundred pounds for them one hundred pounds in two places , at one hundred and ten , one twenty , thirty , forty going on ? |
| 5 | The profits averaged out at a quarter of a million pounds per partner . |
| 6 | It spent a third of a million pounds on this flare siphoning off dangerous methane gas — and has these Nigerian Lanner Falcons on constant guard against flocks of seagulls which can be a danger to planes from nearby RAF bases . |
| 7 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 8 | The books of John Sparrow , deceased warden of All Souls College Oxford , will likely fetch quarter of a million pounds at auction . |
| 9 | It had been previously owned by Maurice Macmillan MP , son of the late Conservative Prime Minister Lord Stockton , and the Duchy paid over three-quarters of a million pounds for the property . |
| 10 | By the time the last display is over on Sunday the RAF hope to have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for their benevolent fund . |
| 11 | It is n't rare for a quarter of a million pounds to be spent on an act in one year . |
| 12 | A yearly budget of a million pounds from the cigarette company make Fusil 's dream for an annual multi-discipline event in the most beautiful corners of the world come true . |
| 13 | In 1838 he inherited a fortune of a million pounds from his uncle , Robert Holford . |
| 14 | A local farmer is seeking nearly three quarters of a million pounds in compensation . |
| 15 | there 's total here of a million pounds in the er next financial year when er part Inland Revenue and part of |
| 16 | And the advice that we got was that if we wanted to establish proper ownership and control of that land again , we would have to seek a High Court action , possibly the House of Lords as well , and that total cost would be in the region of a quarter of a million pounds in legal costs , and we also then stood the , well risk of losing the case as well , so we could have spent two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for nothing . |
| 17 | Towards the end of last year we finished a review of all our management costs and our structure costs and , as a consequence , have saved a quarter of a million pounds in our administration . |
| 18 | Overall , by next April — when nearly 1 million people will gain from this year 's real increase , either directly through income support or through increased entitlement to housing or community charge benefit — we shall in three years have steered an extra one third of a billion pounds in real extra benefit to less well-off pensioners , in a way which I believe the whole House will welcome and support . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 21 | Lot ten ten , ten is the Burmese Buddha this the Buddha showing for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds , and ten at a hundred and ten pounds all done ? |
| 22 | Er , Lot , Lot number fifty two I 'm offering which is in front of the rostrum here Lot number fifty two for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds at one hundred and ten , one twenty , one thirty at a hundred and thirty pounds any more at one hundred and thirty , one forty in the centre one fifty going on sir ? |
| 23 | Lot fifty three again it 's in front of the rostrum here , Lot number fifty three for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds at one hundred pounds , any more at one hundred only , at one hundred , you all done ? |
| 24 | Lot number sixty six Lot number sixty six is another one there we are , there 's another one showing for a hundred pounds at one hundred and ten , at one hundred and ten pounds any more at one ten , one twenty , thirty , forty , fifty one sixty , seventy one eighty at the back against you near me one eighty at the back and selling for a hundred and eighty pounds , all done at one eighty . |
| 25 | Lot number sixty eight Lot sixty eight is another one there we are that one is showing for a hundred pounds at one ten , one twenty , one thirty bid , and s one forty one fifty sixty one seventy eighty one ninety two hundred two twenty two forty two forty bid at the back and selling for two forty , all done at two hundred and forty . |
| 26 | Thank you , Lot number ninety one Lot number ninety one for a hundred pounds at one hundred pounds any more at one hundred pounds only ? |
| 27 | For a hundred pounds at one hundred and ten I 'm bid , at one twenty , one thirty at one hundred and thirty pounds any more at one thirty , and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds , you all done at one thirty . |
| 28 | Most campsites also have huts for hire for a few pounds per night per person . |
| 29 | He bought the painting for a few pounds in the nineteen fifties . |
| 30 | ‘ Worth a thousand pounds to you . ’ |