Example sentences of "it cost [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Professional 's wife , acting as Steward , was dismissed for bad language and automatically it cost her husband his job . |
| 2 | According to one of the skippers , each hunting trip cost on average over US$130 more than the crew received for the catch — the fishermen were simply carrying on a proud and noble tradition , even though it cost them money . |
| 3 | They set out to develop an empire and wage European wars at the same time , though their empire was unlike any of the others : it cost them money . |
| 4 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 5 | It cost me £58 and again is in excellent condition , and would have been double that price new . |
| 6 | It cost me £300 for insurance and shipping my MX-5 to Amsterdam on a roll-on ferry out of Brunswick , Georgia . |
| 7 | Including the gearbox , it cost him £1,000 . |
| 8 | By 1802 John Wayland — a member of a famous Frome family , some of whom were to be very eminent in Baptist circles in America — was the new owner , and rates on it cost him 4d. ; lucky old Mrs. Muir , then , who had taken over by 1804 , and was only charged half the price … |
| 9 | When IBM stock hit bottom with a such resounding thud last month it cost its shareholders more than $6 billion , 17.5% of total capitalisation . |
| 10 | If you bet on horses or drink then it cost you money . |
| 11 | It cost us £50,000 to get Eva back , but I 'd spend it again if I had to . ’ |
| 12 | We spent , it cost us double and we , then it was the same thing , same place , they were getting |
| 13 | It cost £2.5 billion and we got back £2 billion , which means that it cost us £500 million , which does not look to me like a profit . |
| 14 | Our first car was an ex-WD Austin 8 and it cost us £25 in 1957 . |
| 15 | It cost my host , Andrei Nikitenko , one US dollar to park his Lada Riva with central locking and alarm a sum equivalent to 900 roubles or more than a day 's pay for the average Russian . |