English example sentences with "pounds"

Learn how to use pounds in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Tom is heavier than Jack by ten pounds.

Where can dollars be exchanged for pounds?

Where can I exchange my dollars for pounds?

That is to say, they had a few hundred pounds, with which they had intended to buy a house as soon as they arrived.

The penalty for spitting is five pounds.

It cost him five pounds to buy it back.

The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.

The price of the picture is 10 pounds.

The company has a capital of 500,000 pounds.

The cost of the house was figured out at fifty pounds.

Julie gains 20 pounds every month from her eating binge.

Please change this into pounds.

On average, these packages weigh two pounds.

Could I change these pounds for dollars, please?

This bag cost me 6 pounds.

Can I borrow five pounds from you?

The three men had 50 pounds among them.

Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.

"Nearly four pounds," says Bob.

"Four pounds, ninety pence," Bob answers.

"Four pounds fifty," says Bob.

After getting married, my wife put on five pounds.

My income falls short of my expenditure by five hundred pounds.

I bet five pounds on the horse.

I pay fifty pounds a week for board and lodging.

I had no more than three pounds.

The repairs will cost at least 20 pounds.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Recently what with anxiety and lack of sleep, she has lost almost ten pounds.

Last week I gained another five pounds.

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

I'd like three pounds of chicken.

He weighs 270 pounds.

He bet two pounds on the horse.

He is very fat, that is, he weighs 300 pounds.

He was fined five pounds for drunken driving.

He's run off ten pounds.

He is two hundred pounds in weight.

They have charged me 30 pounds for the shoes.

She bought two pounds of butter.

She earns on average ten pounds a week.

She weighs 120 pounds.

About two million pounds of flour are exported annually.

About two million pounds of wheat were exported annually.

My daughter weighed eight pounds at birth.

There are two pounds of butter in the icebox.

Last week I gained back five pounds.

The scale seems to be off by two pounds.

The human brain weighs about three pounds.

It's two pounds.

Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father.

If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.

If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.

A miserable quarrel provoked by the hardheartedness of the landlord of a public-house, who insisted upon having three pounds of bread in payment for two pennyworth of wine which the woman had regaled herself with, was the circumstance that constituted the charge, and which, if substantiated would be punishable by five or ten years' imprisonment.

Tom is ten pounds heavier than Jack.

Tom wanted to lose five pounds before summer vacation.

He weighs about 300 pounds.

Abandoned dogs usually end up in dog pounds.

Tom wouldn't mind if Mary gained a few pounds.

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Tom lost seventy pounds.

Tom can bench press 2000 pounds. Or is that 200 pounds?

Tom can bench press 2000 pounds. Or is that 200 pounds?

How many pounds of sausage do you want, and how much bread?

Tom lost four pounds in body fat.

I need to lose five pounds.

Tom lost more than a hundred pounds.

She has gained a few pounds.

He has gained a few pounds.

If you'd eat a bit less, you'd lose a few pounds.

I want to lose a few pounds.

You might want to lose a few pounds.

I want to lose ten pounds.

I only weighed 120 pounds when I was in high school.

Tom is a few pounds heavier than Mary.

Tom is a few pounds lighter than Mary.

For the past few years, teenagers who imitate overweight American rappers have been walking like inverted pendulums, swinging from left to right, which is the only way forward if you weigh over two hundred and sixty pounds, but completely ineffective if you are a scrawny teenager weighing half of that, since most of the energy is wasted on side steps, not to mention the sheer absurdity of that swinging gait.

Tom bought three pounds of bananas.

I weigh 130 pounds.

You can lose ten pounds in ten days. No effort required!

I'm sure I lost at least 6 and a half pounds this week.

I should probably lose a few pounds.

The baby weighed seven pounds, eight ounces.

She needs to lose a few pounds.

I need to lose a few pounds.

You have two pounds.

You've gained a few pounds.

Tom has gained thirteen pounds.

Tom must weigh over 300 pounds.

My cat weighs about ten pounds.

I bought three pounds of coffee.

Tom weighs about 200 pounds, give or take a few pounds.

Tom weighs about 200 pounds, give or take a few pounds.

It looks like you've lost a few pounds.

She weighs about ninety pounds, soaking wet.

She gained fifty pounds after she got married.

I lost 30 pounds.

Tom has gained a few pounds.

Tom needs to lose a few pounds.

Nine pounds of gold was needed to gild the victory medals.

Leatherback turtles can weigh more than a thousand pounds.

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