Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] a fortune " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you ! |
| 3 | You must have earned a fortune . |
| 4 | For years our annual mileage was as high as 37,000 — we could have saved a fortune . ’ |
| 5 | A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful . |
| 6 | We shall remember Jack Nicklaus shedding the years in 1986 , and spiriting the ball into the hole with a long-bladed putter which must surely have made a fortune for its inventor . |
| 7 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 8 | Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune . |
| 9 | And Tim ever since has been going , ‘ If only I could be a cockney , Dennis , I would have made a fortune like you . ’ |
| 10 | " He would have made a fortune if . " |
| 11 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 12 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 13 | Must have made a fortune ! |
| 14 | They 'd have made a fortune ! |
| 15 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 16 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 17 | She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums . |
| 18 | The holly , being the sort of holly that is sold on street corners in London at this time of year , must have cost a fortune and it did n't have berries on . |
| 19 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 20 | I mean the carpet must have cost a fortune ! |
| 21 | You must have paid a fortune for that . ’ |
| 22 | There was love in that sofa , I said to George , love for which the Morrisons would have paid a fortune if he had n't been so prissy . |
| 23 | Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes , thick , long and curling . |
| 24 | It , it must 've cost a fortune , because er extra because of all the hotel accommodation we had to have as well . |