Example sentences of "have [verb] a fortune " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you !
2 You must have earned a fortune .
3 For years our annual mileage was as high as 37,000 — we could have saved a fortune . ’
4 A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful .
5 We shall remember Jack Nicklaus shedding the years in 1986 , and spiriting the ball into the hole with a long-bladed putter which must surely have made a fortune for its inventor .
6 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 .
7 Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune .
8 And Tim ever since has been going , ‘ If only I could be a cockney , Dennis , I would have made a fortune like you . ’
9 " He would have made a fortune if . "
10 All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo .
11 Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height .
12 Must have made a fortune !
13 They 'd have made a fortune !
14 ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says .
15 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud .
16 She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums .
17 The holly , being the sort of holly that is sold on street corners in London at this time of year , must have cost a fortune and it did n't have berries on .
18 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated .
19 I mean the carpet must have cost a fortune !
20 Most machines come minus a cartridge , but you do n't have to spend a fortune — Audio-Technica produce a perfectly acceptable one for £19 , although that is rock bottom : there are genuine improvements to be had by budgeting for four times that amount .
21 You do n't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty , healthy meals .
22 So you would n't have to spend a fortune on , on , on I mean it 's only a matter of most of it 's a matter of paint , and then hanging a few things up is n't it ?
23 You must have paid a fortune for that . ’
24 There was love in that sofa , I said to George , love for which the Morrisons would have paid a fortune if he had n't been so prissy .
25 Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes , thick , long and curling .
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