Example sentences of "[pers pn] [num] pounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |
| 2 | Sh she pays me fifty pounds , she rang me up she were away to a funeral |
| 3 | I have to pay tax on that lot mind , but I mean it 's something you know like it 's still costing me fifty pounds |
| 4 | Lot forty two two Columbia portables there they are now , thank you , Lot forty two , fifty for them fifty pounds anywhere for the portables ? |
| 5 | Lot fifty five four phonograph horns and Lot fifty five , fifty for them fifty pounds anywhere ? |
| 6 | She said , well we had to bu we , ma made it out that we had to buy erm the whole , the whole box , it cost them fifty pounds ! |
| 7 | Anyway that 's , that 's on , that 's only a three hour course that 's running for thirteen weeks , which will cost me forty pounds , but I 'll take |
| 8 | but Julia said to me before she came round with Hayden she said er , cos her mum and dad are still there , not her mum and dad , her mum and step dad are still there , they 're only giving them forty pounds for nine weeks , forty pounds towards the mortgage like you know , been there since after Christmas and erm , anyway she said ooh she said , Steve said er , that 's her husband , said to me ooh is n't Emily well mannered she said , she does n't walk in the house , she waits in the doorstep you know |
| 9 | The bonus for me was that the money was so much better than Whiteleys , Instead of getting 36 bob for Thursday evening and all day Saturday , Malcolm paid me three pounds 10 shillings — almost twice as much — for the Saturday only . |
| 10 | Er say , I mean they normally give me three pounds do n't they ? |
| 11 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 12 | If you leave Weatherbury today , I 'll give you fifty pounds . |
| 13 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 14 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 15 | that would cost you fifty pounds for that . |
| 16 | ‘ I know , I still owe you fifty pounds . ’ |
| 17 | If I give you fifty pounds , I 've got sixty five pounds twelve pence , if I give you fifty pounds , then that keeps fifteen pounds and twelve pence to buy tea bags and . |
| 18 | If I give you fifty pounds , I 've got sixty five pounds twelve pence , if I give you fifty pounds , then that keeps fifteen pounds and twelve pence to buy tea bags and . |
| 19 | He only wanted to give you eight pounds a performance , but I pushed him up . ’ |
| 20 | An' I 'd pay you three pounds . ’ |
| 21 | We 've heard you playing the piano for the local Sunday school erm we 'll pay you sixty pounds a year , which in nineteen fifty whatever it was a lot of money , provided you spend half of that having organ lessons . |
| 22 | He said , as this is a first offence you will not be sent down , instead , I fine you ten pounds for having a girl on the premises . |
| 23 | Now I 'll pay you ten pounds to play this game , and I only want a pound if I win . |
| 24 | If you 'll stand in the I D parade for them tonight at seven o'clock they 'll give you ten pounds . |
| 25 | They 'll give you ten pounds , to call for an I D parade tonight . |
| 26 | He said , I 'll give you ten pounds for that . |
| 27 | And then he he saw this Welsh dresser , he said I 'll give you ten pounds for that . |
| 28 | ‘ Will you let me lend you five pounds , Len , and take a couple of days at Southend , or somewhere ? ’ asked Clare . |
| 29 | If such a plea as this could be supported , the following would be a binding promise : A man might complain that another person used the public highway more than he ought to do , and that other might say , do not complain , and I will give you five pounds . |
| 30 | Oh I 've used all my change I 'll have to give you five pounds . |