Example sentences of "twenty pounds [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Mr. Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds one , he would be miserable ’ .
2 ‘ Bert Weald 's on twenty pounds a year now , ’ he complained .
3 As Mr Micawber said ‘ If a man had twenty pounds a year for his income , and spent nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence , he would be happy , but if he spent twenty pounds on , he would be miserable ’ , On a temporary and controlled basis , some excess expenditure can be justifiable — but when excess expenditure increases regularly , the danger signs flash up .
4 Thereafter he received an annual salary of twenty pounds a year each year down to 1262 and can be traced acting for the king in litigation until 1267 .
5 Oh yes you got er I think it was about er about twenty pounds a year we got er for for er r rock allowance they called it .
6 But it seems to me it 's the person , people drinking the coffee who are getting the perk , therefore they should have twenty pounds a year added for free coffee providers
7 worth twenty pounds a year or whatever it is worth
8 You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not
9 Twenty pounds a night
10 They save this woman over twenty pounds a trip .
11 Even if we raise twenty pounds a performance for it .
12 The ties are on sale exclusively at the Palace gift shop for twenty pounds a piece .
13 they expect me to pay another three hundred pounds a month out of seven hundred and twenty pounds net income , leaving me with twenty pounds a month to live on .
14 Yeah I was thinking about , you know , fifteen , twenty pounds a month might be er a reasonable investment to , to put aside for the children .
15 Steve mentioned , you know , to put fifteen , twenty pounds a month into it erm and you said well we 'll come back to that later which I think on the face of it is probably er a right way of going about it cos you did n't get interrupted at that stage talking about a specific product so I think that was er that was good .
16 No it was twenty pounds a month less .
17 Twenty pounds a month less was it ?
18 Vic , however , will be better off by about twenty pounds a month .
19 Just that they , they 're not willing to do it for nothing , and it 's going to cost you twenty pounds a time on top of the P A hire .
20 ‘ Charlie usually brought home a bit over twenty pounds a week .
21 You knew a river stone had been used to kill Hatton and today you , who get twenty pounds a week and never have a penny to bless yourself with , spent a hundred and twenty quid on luxury equipment .
22 On such a cargo he could easily make himself twenty pounds a week , plus .
23 What if they only pay a pound an hour , are only part-time , I only get twenty pounds a week ?
24 I think I agree with the gentleman over there I think the youth of this particular town who on average spends somewhere in the region of fifteen and twenty pounds a week going to Highwire and going to pubs erm you need the attraction to the theatre .
25 We will order the fines and costs to be paid at a rate of twenty pounds a week .
26 You pay out twenty pounds a week the officer of the court is agreed and the address will be given to you by the court usher before you leave it is your responsibility to make sure that money is paid each and every week , the first payment is due by next Tuesday .
27 You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter .
28 We will order the fines and costs to be paid at the rate of twenty pounds a week .
29 You 'll pay that at twenty pounds a week .
30 You 'll have fourteen days for the first payment and twenty pounds a week thereafter .
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