Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] cost [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last I had five pounds — but when my father and I went to buy them we were told that they cost fifteen pounds , a considerable sum of money to an eight-year-old , and way beyond my means . |
| 2 | Mrs Merlin and her husband Christopher say radioactive contamination was behind their decision to sell the house , Mountain Ash , Ravenglass , six miles from Sellafield , which fetched only £35,000 — little more than it cost 11 years earlier . |
| 3 | We ship exports to Europe and it costs X pounds . |
| 4 | Laing admits that the Spanish company was bought out of desperation and it cost United Biscuits dearly . |
| 5 | As well as being practical , the end result will look as if it cost many times as much . |
| 6 | Mind you , if it costs three pounds a head to get in you 'll probably not want to go . |
| 7 | The recordings comprised uninterrupted performances of opera overtures , but they cost ten shillings and sixpence each , and needed an outsize turntable . |
| 8 | erm , but it cost seven pounds for me and mum |
| 9 | But it costs two pounds |