Example sentences of "for a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so , she thinks like they were , they were on show these just for a wardrobe and a set of drawers for a thousand quid , he let her have them for six hundred , so she 's been and paid a deposit on them |
| 2 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 3 | She stepped out of it , naked save for a tiny pair of white lace panties so small that they exposed white patches of skin , luminous against her golden tan . |
| 4 | To meet this Operation ‘ Tiger ’ convoy , the Mediterranean Fleet also steamed out of Alexandria , heading for a planned rendezvous south of Malta . |
| 5 | Heifers : K Croskery , £460 for a 330kg Simmental ; beef types claimed to £129.80 paid to a local farmer for a 490 kkg at £635 . |
| 6 | Though Coronation Street , a downmarket soap , has lots of viewers , Granada , the firm that makes it , has to sell it to other ITV companies for a mere £100,000 per episode . |
| 7 | The club is also delighted to welcome new members and their partners of any playing standard and offers , among other things , access to some 300 court hours a year for a mere £10 annual subscription . |
| 8 | Tootal bought Sandhurst in 1986 for £21.7m , and sold it in July for a mere £4.38m . |
| 9 | Going for a mere $50m , the Empire State Building is up for sale . |
| 10 | For a paltry £19.99 , the triple CD package can be yours ; for a mere £14.99 the double cassette box can be , erm , yours too . |
| 11 | A Jaguar of the same vintage is down to just £7,000 , and an H-registration Ford Scorpio 2.0i automatic which currently costs £18,000 could be yours for a mere £6,850. depreciation of more than £5,000 a year , or £100 per week . |
| 12 | And there is the pleasure of a relaxing Scottish sojourn in the lap of luxury for a mere £199 for two . |
| 13 | Four other cases , brought on Sept. 10 and 12 , involved the improper grant of a contract to oversee a power scheme , the export of Pakistani cotton at below market rates , the sale of property in Islamabad worth £150,000,000 for a mere £500,000 to a foreign company managed by associates of her husband , Asif Ali Zardari , and the improper granting of permits to a close relation and to a friend enabling them to distribute liquified gas . |
| 14 | ‘ Sold for a mere quid . ’ |
| 15 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 16 | For a mere $25,000 NEC can supply you with one of their new MLink-5000s . |
| 17 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 18 | For a Mere £350,000 … |
| 19 | Versatile midfielder ‘ super Alan Pardew ’ joined The Eagles from Yeovil Town for a mere £7,500 in 1987 and made tremendous progress with the Palace , so that he missed only one match during our 1988–89 promotion season , for which his drive , energy and cultured right foot provided an invaluable component , and just two games upon our return to the 1st Division in 1989–90 . |
| 20 | Lady Helen Taylor , daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent , who is just giving up her job as a Soho art dealer , and her husband , West End art dealer Tim Taylor , have traded in their black 10-year-old Porsche sportscar for a K-registered £27,500 family-sized black Range Rover . |
| 21 | Want to know the tyre width of a certain Soviet tank , the Latin name for a tropical fish , or the Bay City Rollers ' Seventies tour dates ? |
| 22 | Out for a golden duck — but as Mr Maxwell returned to the pavilion , a wry smile suggested that just now keeping his place in the Hailey first team is the least of his worries . |
| 23 | In the store rings an entry of 400 bullocks continued to meet an excellent trade and sold to a top of £930 for Belgian Blue 464kg and to £920 for a Simmental 638kg . |
| 24 | Conditioned heifers sold to £139.40 for a Simmental 360kg at £502 with beef types to £126.50 for a Simmental 465kg at £588 . |
| 25 | Beef types sold to £154.60 for a Simmental 540kg at £835 . |
| 26 | Beef types sold to £125.70 for Simmental 460kg at £578 with conditioned heifers to £132.40 for a Simmental 405kg at £536 . |
| 27 | Conditioned heifers sold to £139.40 for a Simmental 360kg at £502 with beef types to £126.50 for a Simmental 465kg at £588 . |
| 28 | Mid-weights sold to £147.10 for a Simmental 325kg at £478 . |
| 29 | And now , it 's available exclusively from Kuhn Rikon for a mouthwatering £49.95 . |
| 30 | Was it recording the legendary and seemingly endless ‘ A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Underworld ’ for a paltry £20 in 1989 ? |