Example sentences of "cost [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | United put profits before results last season and it cost them the Championship . |
| 2 | This cost them the lead , and though they recovered well they could n't stop a second Risley boat , crewed by husband and wife team and , slipping through to take the chequered flag after five circuits . |
| 3 | Imagine if your local electrical store allowed you to take a TV home for a month to sample its quality before parting with your money , you would be sure you had made the right decision before it cost you the earth . |
| 4 | His only regret yesterday was to fail from seven feet at the last , where his solitary bogey cost him the chance to stand alongside Payne , the 1992 Rookie of the Year , who had a best-of-the-day 66 . |
| 5 | Sir Anthony Meyer 's self-destructive challenge to the leadership of Margaret Thatcher cost him the support of his constituency party early in 1990 , but , like Sir Ian Gilmour , he was merely symptomatic of a cast of mind common to many of the baronetcy . |
| 6 | Thanks to proper medical care , the infection was cured , but he needed a convalescence of four weeks under medical guidance , a time which cost him the part of Timmy Cleary that he craved . |
| 7 | It cost him the land he had so longed to enter . |
| 8 | He is still smarting after Tuesday 's controversial umpire call , which cost him the race against Kanza , Koch 's other boat . |
| 9 | It cost him the tournament . |
| 10 | Even though it cost us the life of a very good agent . ’ |
| 11 | entire market price even though it cost us the business at this point in time . |