Example sentences of "cost him [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That last series cost him a Test average over 50 as he dipped to 49.49 , finishing with 3,860 runs from his 51 Tests , with nine centuries . |
| 2 | I cost him a lot in little things , but I know he wants me to ask for something big . |
| 3 | Only cost him a couple of quid . ’ |
| 4 | You do n't really want Fabbiano to find out that one of his little girls cost him a whoppin' big order . ’ |
| 5 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
| 6 | Nick 's is very eh , expensive in Holland it 's cost him a lot of money . |
| 7 | cost him a fortune ! |
| 8 | Advent signals values : that God loved us so much that he was willing to enter upon an adventure that cost him the death of his Son . |
| 9 | Instead , it seemed that it was the Australian 's almost suicidal desire to attack the course which almost cost him the title . |
| 10 | The world No 1 blames the media for the pressure which almost cost him the Open Championship at Muirfield — and also blitzed the Americans for their win-at-all-costs attitude to the Ryder Cup . |
| 11 | A series of injuries slowed his progress but ultimately , it was attitude that cost him the chance of blossoming into a great player . |
| 12 | He has also declared ambitions for the World Championships at Saalbach , where two falls cost him the World Cup overall title in his great year of 1987–88 , and for the overall slalom title he has lost twice to the German , Armin Bittner . |
| 13 | An advocate of home rule and agrarian reform , Walsh 's support for the controversial ‘ plan of campaign ’ earned him the displeasure of Rome and cost him the cardinal 's hat . |
| 14 | The attack was motivated by Motoshima 's observation that the late Emperor Showa ( in life known as Hirohito ) bore some responsibility for the Pacific war , a comment which also cost him the support of the LDP [ see p. 37186 ] . |
| 15 | Now , for more important brokers , what tends to happen is , er the Direct Marketing Manager , my boss will go out and meet these brokers , and er , effectively cost him the earth , erm . |
| 16 | He says : ‘ When he was Chancellor Nigel Lawson made mistakes in his last Budget which eventually cost him the job . |