Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 , they made only $3m on revenues of $70m . |
| 2 | When the castle fell to the queen 's forces in 1327 they found there £1,000 in coin belonging to Despenser , together with royal treasure of £13,000 in coin in twenty-six barrels and over 600 pieces of plate and jewellery . |
| 3 | On Friday they added over £220 to that healthy total , by holding a sale to raise funds to be divided between the Baicoi orphanage in Romania and research into cot death syndrome . |
| 4 | They were amazed and ’ aghast ’ when they received only £4,830 from the family health services authority . |
| 5 | In Middlesbrough , the grandparents of a four-year-old boy told how they paid out £300 for a private operation because of a six-month wait . |
| 6 | For example , last year they collected over £2,500 for a variety of charities . |
| 7 | The tax-raising powers of such an assembly , which are referred to coyly by Opposition Members as being only marginal , would , even if they raised only 2p in the pound , cost a single man on average wages £4.72 per week . |
| 8 | They raised almost £10,000 in aid of the Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital . |
| 9 | They shelled out £2.5bn on food , fags and booze last year — 32% more than they did the year before . |
| 10 | Meanwhile Tottenham celebrated bouncing out of the red as they banked nearly £6m from the sale of former Magpie Paul Gascoigne and immediately announced new plans to make money out of the midfield wizard . |
| 11 | They closed down 3p at 46½p . |