Example sentences of "[vb pp] a fortune [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful . |
| 2 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 3 | Yeah made a fortune did n't they ? |
| 4 | ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you ! |
| 5 | I remember hearing Hardnut their solicitor — saying that Dersingham had spent a fortune trying to trace someone to leave the place to . ’ |
| 6 | The Archdeacon said Louis had spent a fortune trying to trace an heir . ’ |
| 7 | First , the show had cost a fortune to put on — the costumes , scenery and music alone had swallowed 3,000 , a huge sum in those days , so the management would certainly not have welcomed laying out yet more money on a whole new scene for a revival whose aim was to recoup losses . |
| 8 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 9 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 10 | Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes , thick , long and curling . |
| 11 | of said that you know , he 's paid a fortune to have this freebie |