Example sentences of "which cost a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tyres are wearing well , fuel economy is improving and it has needed no extra oil since its 6000-mile service , which cost a reasonable £17.48 . |
| 2 | He was at No 6 with It 'll Be Me and had his own column in the Mirror , which cost a mere 3d ( 1 1/4p ) . |
| 3 | Fawcett played the Second and Third Tests — risking a major defensive error which cost a try in the Third — and Robertson returned for the Fourth . |
| 4 | The worst expensive flop Peter Barnes , Allan Clarke says he needed to buy eight players and was only allowed four , one of which cost a lot , well Allan , you bought the WRONG ONE ! 30,000 |
| 5 | Erm , I think we ought to make it very clear again , that we can now trace calls , and er , I hope the press are noting that and making as much as they can of it , because that 's the sort of thing that helps to remove malicious calls , which go which cost a lot of money , and a lot of time , and also put somebody else 's life in danger when an appliance has been called out to something that it 's not required for . |
| 6 | The £1 million case , and one which cost an ordinary couple £60,000 , prompted the President of the High Court 's Family Division , Mr Justice Stephen Brown , to set up a team of judges and lawyers to examine fees . |
| 7 | The locomotive built by Neilsons in 1891 has just undergone a massive overhaul which cost an incredible £70,000 . |
| 8 | Horace Walpole ( later fourth Earl of Orford , q.v. ) , wrote in 1779 that ‘ half the van der Werffs , which cost an immense sum … are spoiled since Sir Gregory Page 's death by servants neglecting to shut out the sun . ’ |
| 9 | The Government introduced the discredited poll tax , which cost an enormous amount to collect , so there is not much joy or credit if the new system still costs more than the original system . |
| 10 | In 1714 more than a third of the debt was in the form of fixed-term annuities , most of which had been floated before 1710 and which cost an annual £800,000 to service . |