noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
cost
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Surprisingly, the sherry was an excellent one and had certainly cost a shilling or two.
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I think it cost thirty shillings .
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The stalls cost one shilling and three pence and the stately elegance of the circle a whole two bob.
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It costs five shillings and sixpence to go round, and you need an awful lot of those to mend two acres of roof.
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It had cost him twenty-five shillings , but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long.
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The metal was inevitably expensive, however, because sodium then cost fourteen shillings a pound.
get
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I ain't got ten shillings , and if I did have I'd give it to the kids.
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I've still got my twenty shillings .
give
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He gave me a shilling , and three pence to come home with.
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He had delivered Fong and also ensured that he would stay by faking a deal and giving Fong the sixty shillings .
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He gave me a shilling to give the man when I got there.
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But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses, when James called in the hope of being given a shilling .
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He gave me a shilling for sweets.
pay
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I must copy them myself, unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet.
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Who wanted to go to the Snake Park in Nairobi and pay two shillings just to see a python?
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She paid him eight shillings - or 40p - a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited.
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They would pay you shillings thirty a can and you would become very rich.
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Owner of most of Buckinghamshire, he refused to pay 20 shillings tax because Charles the 1st hadn't consulted Parliament.
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He paid a shilling for a ticket to Paddington and, installed in a half-empty carriage, once again went over his plan.
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They could pay a shilling each to come in, and sixpence for refreshments.
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He don't love thee since Garty moaned so he had to pay back the two shilling given for thee.
take
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If I could maybe take twenty shillings .
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And not just from out-of-work professional whingers who take the Tory Press shilling to say Labour is dead.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grandfather's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage.
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He charges excessively high for them ... He gets a great deal by showing his landscapes at one shilling each visitor.
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He could then expect to get around four pounds ten shillings.
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He had nothing to offer them, he said, not a shilling .
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That was to show off their ten shilling macs.
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The count's demesne is worth 14 pounds, that of his knights 7 pounds and 7 shillings.
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They amounted to the grand sum of twelve pounds and ten shillings - a fortune!
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We sold our can of peaches for 2 shillings - about 500% profit!