Example sentences of "[vb pp] [n mass] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He has won £10,000 at the bookies after betting £200 , at odds of 50–1 , on a rise in the number of Tory seats in Scotland . |
2 | Tickets , priced £7.50 at the Ritz and £7.50 at the Free Trade Hall , are available from usual agents . |
3 | An exhibition of models and drawings will be held this September in Gotha , and will be shown along with some newly realised works at the Cologne Art Fair in November . |
4 | Charles Saatchi is reported to have paid $2 million for a large standing male nude portrait , ‘ Two Men in the Studio ’ ( 1987–89 ) , and a decent domestic scale picture might have cost £500,000 at the peak of the market . |
5 | A strong and violent figurative picture by Karel Appel ( lot 317 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) , which would have commanded £150,000 at the peak of the market three or four years ago , sold to Waddington for £46,000 . |
6 | A small pointer to Noell 's wealth is his having paid £520 at the end of 1657 to avoid becoming an alderman of the City . |