Example sentences of "cost [num] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metal was inevitably expensive , however , because sodium then cost fourteen shillings a pound . |
| 2 | It was not an easy task for the coalman to make deliveries as he had to lump one hundredweight sacks , right through the house , down three steps , duck to miss the top of the door frame to the scullery , then a mighty heave to deposit coal costing one shilling a hundredweight in the exact spot . |
| 3 | I said , you know , it 's costing fifteen pound a week in a , a least and you you 're you 're paying ten and he said , no he said , he said I think that 's ample , he said . |
| 4 | ‘ He needed his students to have books , though , ’ bellowed Mr Varley , ‘ and now they cost twenty quid a time — twenty quid a time , that 's what they cost . ’ |
| 5 | I had a what 's it today , from , something about the over fifties you see , so , cos they found it cost , it cost , it costs eight pounds a year to join you see , you know , you know , eh , pay on , so I 've joined it , I want to see what they 've got to say you know , you get , we get a lot of things you know |
| 6 | Mind you , if it costs three pounds a head to get in you 'll probably not want to go . |
| 7 | It costs 95 pence a copy and will be available in supermarkets . |
| 8 | We all know that the stuff costs sixty pounds a bottle . ’ |
| 9 | So its fizzy white wine from Spain ( which costs 69 cents a bottle to buy and ship to Moscow ) wears a smart Anis label . |
| 10 | It costs 36 pounds a ton to take waste to a landfill site . |
| 11 | And erm they 're loyal to the society because it , they know really it 's partly through them supporting the Guilds that we are able erm I do n't know whether I would get the membership there if you 've got , you see we pay a subscription to , see it costs five Pound a year at the moment to be , to be a member of the Womens ' Guild , which we , we send dues as I say to these three sections you see . |
| 12 | This would normally cost 275 pounds a day . |
| 13 | Regular handjobs are unsatisfactory too , but they do n't cost five bucks a second . |