Example sentences of "be an expensive [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car spent the afternoon in a car park nowhere near her office , and she arrived home reflecting that her weekend in Oxford had been an expensive one . |
| 2 | This is , really , a cop-out , and can be an expensive one . |
| 3 | ( Indeed , St Martin may be a good friend when you 're in trouble , but he 's an expensive one to do business with . ) |
| 4 | The tell-tale signs of drug use are mainly to do with behaviour ; sudden mood swings , poor concentration , disturbed sleep patterns , apathy , loss of memory and , if the addiction is an expensive one , stealing and lying . |
| 5 | But it is an expensive one in terms of living tissue produced and it is not the only one possible . |
| 6 | Such an analysis might well apply where the court system is an expensive one and where little expenditure has to be spent on the method of resolution . |
| 7 | It 's a shame , it was an expensive one |