Example sentences of "cost [pron] about [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Springbok ban cost him about 50 caps but at 34 still quick and dangerous . |
2 | It only cost them about five dollars to make . |
3 | when I had the time , did them all tension and set , you know , but erm , as you say now , they probably cost you about fifty pound a go every time they go away |
4 | Costs you about ten pound do it ? |
5 | I reckon just for this it 'll cost you about eighteen quid . |
6 | The nine , well you go down into and you get a bus go wherever it dropped you and then half a mile , mind you that 's gon na cost you about fifty P |
7 | You can buy new covers for it but it 'll cost you about eighty quid |
8 | I remember , again a few years ago , visiting India and buying one or two beautifully carved tables , which had obviously been carved by an individual spending quite a lot of time doing it , and I was impressed at that stage , rather naively perhaps , that if in fact I 'd bought a plain table , an uncarved one , it would have cost me about ten times as much , for the simple reason that that would require a milling machine which was not normally available , and such was the erm economy that it was cheaper for people to do this . |
9 | But has that cost you about seven quid this one ? |
10 | ‘ I reckon the goalkeeping position has cost us about 20 goals this year . |