'We'll have to trouble you for that five-pound note.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Mr. Vernon flicked a five-pound note across the table. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
I paid the first dozen five-pound instalments without comment. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919] Reference
'I forgot to give you the change out of that five-pound note.'. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Just one five-pound bag of flour, 20 cans of meat and some sausages. From Wordnik.com. [Macedonia: Seeking Solutions] Reference
Why is a five-pound bank-note much more profitable than five sovereigns?. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
Now, Thady's name on the back of a five-pound bill is not good for much. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
We had about 30 people sign up to buy a five-pound bag of shrimp every week. From Wordnik.com. [Fishermen Break Tradition To Keep Jobs] Reference
Both were 5'7 and there was only about a five-pound difference in their weight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007] Reference
Both were 5'7, and there was only about a five-pound difference in their weight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007] Reference
Some of the shawls are family heirlooms, and only parted with for five-pound notes. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
A large number of forged five-pound notes are stated to be in circulation in London. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919] Reference
She retained this reluctant feeling about buying more than a five-pound bag of sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Dadaist] Reference
She's suspected of grabbing the five-pound baby and stuffing the infant into her purse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007] Reference
I took out the paper that night and put in twenty five-pound notes, and did it up again. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
A five-pound note, and he had lost so much money and had to do without so many comforts!. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886.] Reference
In a few years they took their two-pound notes; afterward they took their five-pound notes. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Turn into a well buttered mold which may be a five-pound lard pail, if no other mold is handy. From Wordnik.com. [Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc.] Reference
Mr. Brass pulls out his pocket-book, and says, 'Well, here it is -- Quilp's own five-pound note. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Girls from Dickens] Reference
The rent of the five-pound holdings was raised to seven pounds, and the mountain was taken away. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
Yet she said my reading was admirable; and, after all, there is much virtue in a five-pound note. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
He prepared for the competition by writing a five-pound book about all 193 countries in the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2004] Reference
My grandfather gave me a five-pound note, which was unheard of as far as I was concerned at the time. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Who Named a Planet] Reference
Half an hour later he returned with a square box in his hand, which looked like a five-pound box of candy. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
When I took my hat to leave, the old gentleman, with a kind smile, slipped a five-pound note into my hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
You know, if your pocketbook weighs about 10 tons but you only willing to workout with a five-pound weight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2010] Reference
He had demanded payment in real five-pound notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm]
It isn't often we get a chance of a five-pound note for a run to Bedford, and we'll do our best to earn it. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
He gave me half of his stale roll and a great deal of advice, and when I left, I handed him a five-pound note. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
Obviously, we've got the residue from the cement, and, of course, the anchors themselves are five-pound anchors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2004] Reference
Luke never bothered to answer the telegram informing him he was the proud father of a five-pound girl named Justine. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
A letther from Johnny -- me eldest boy -- wid a five-pound note in it, an 'a picther of the girl he's goin' to marry. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Also "On Our Radar" this morning, this tiny little five-pound dog is being hailed as a hero today by its family, for sure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference
Puir man, he has mibby mair than me to thole; but I wudda gien a five-pound note 'at I hadna left my ain hoose this nicht. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
If there did not happen to be a five-pound note handy, gold would do; failing gold, he must, of course, be content with silver. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
In fact, the police report says they were the same height, both 5'7, and there was only about a five-pound difference in their weight. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007] Reference
When she handed him the big five-pound tin of Arnotts biscuits he took a couple of handfuls of cookies out of it and put them on a plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
He called on her the next day without making an appointment; and when she received him, he had the five-pound note fluttering in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
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