Example sentences of "a few pence " in BNC.
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| 31 | Getting these filled was like a military operation , the grown-ups with large baskets of food , children clutching buckets and spades , bottles of lemonade and a few pence pocket money to buy ice cream and other seaside delights . |
| 32 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 33 | The message that one can gain for just a few pence , by smoking , something that a Liz Taylor or a Julia Roberts with all their millions have can be seductive — and it is being deliberately promoted . |
| 34 | Sums laid out by administrators ranged from hundreds of pounds spent repaying deceased 's debts to a few pence spent mending children 's shoes . |
| 35 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 36 | And if it 's a few pence out , they 're not going to worry about it , particularly if I tell them , I , I added a bit on so that I 'm telling them less . |
| 37 | It saves a few pence but it is a weak point that could allow moisture to penetrate . |
| 38 | If the Commission sells it cheaply — for a few pence a kilo , with free transport thrown in — it is criticised for recklessness with public money . |
| 39 | Tax at the reduced rate of 20 per cent is due , which amounts to £38 a year , or a few pence over £3 a month . |
| 40 | it 's not as if you 're like selling them at cost and making a few pence because |
| 41 | house you know for a few pence . |
| 42 | It does n't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of baked beans to save a few pence . |
| 43 | And this really was the basis therefore of the first films , they were really demonstrations that pictures could move , and this was sufficient for people to pay a few pence to come in erm and look at the films . |