For their work to-day, work that few men out of China would be capable of attempting, the three coolies were paid sevenpence each, out of which they found themselves, and had to pay as well one penny each for the hire of the chair.
I was to increase the reward gradually to sevenpence halfpenny.
Done the whole thing on two and sevenpence three-farthings!
Do you mean to say you two have been out for a week, and only spent two and sevenpence three-farthings all told?
They were not up to much, for one and sevenpence was the total sum the scout could raise; but they covered his feet in some sort of shape, and he could do no more.
You bought a pound of margarine for sevenpence and were handed a penny with your purchase!
The rivals piled their windows, one against the other, with stupendous stacks of margarine and cheese at sevenpence the pound each; and then one day, "Whatever do you think?
More than a thousand pair of Shetland stockings are annually imported into Leith, of which the price is from fivepence to sevenpence a pair.
Twelve copper pence contain half a pound avoirdupois of copper, of not the best quality, which, before it is coined, is seldom worth sevenpence in silver.
Before the late recoinage of the gold, the price of silver bullion was seldom higher than five shillings and sevenpence an ounce, which is but fivepence above the mint price.
Sevenpence halfpenny's worth per week is a good round diet for a child; a great deal may be got for sevenpence halfpenny, quite enough to overload its stomach, and make it uncomfortable.
I found the sum of sevenpence in my pockets--the rest of the money had disappeared.
For the remainder of the money I bought a shirt and some underclothing to restock my bundle, and when I went out to look for a new master in the slave market of Strabane I had only one and sevenpence in my pockets.
He'd been singing about ten minutes when the blow fell, and he was fearfully upset about it, because everything had been going jolly well, and he had already made no less than sevenpence in coppers, all from oldish women.
His wretched father had merely sent us back our five pounds with sevenpence added!
We pay something like sixpence half-penny or sevenpence apiece, and are inducted into the dress-circle.
Now, a gentleman who had an equal number of boys and girls gave his children sevenpence to be spent amongst them all on these apples.
How was the sevenpence spent, and how many children were there?
They paid one and sevenpence a hundred for sacks, and, with speed and long hours, she could make a hundred in four days.
There was a church in Bethnal Green where you might be married for sevenpence if you were fourteen years old, and no questions asked--or at any rate they were questions answers whereunto were easy to invent.
But he found that the fat's a-running boys were contemplating business, and he scouted for them with such success as to bring home sevenpence in the evening.
What they modestly proposed was this, that the Income-Tax should be extended over a period of five instead of three years, and that during two of these years the assessment should be raised from sevenpence to a shilling per pound.
American swiftness may have outstripped us in the repudiatory race; nevertheless, we have gone far enough to recognise the principle, and to appropriate sevenpence in the pound.
I propose that, for a time to be limited, the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding sevenpence in the pound.
It was high time for them to think, he said, after ever so much education, of earning from sevenpence to tenpence a-week, for the good of the babies they carried.
We had sevenpence in our pockets with which to discharge a score that would be reckoned in pounds.
And we had but a matter of sevenpence to provide us with the supper that we should soon be greatly in need of, and a protection from the night's inclemency.
Her boots were wearing thin, she was already suffering much pain, and there was the sum of sevenpence left to us by which she could obtain her ease.
We have but a matter of sevenpence between us, which will avail us little enough for food and a lodging.
The scene of it was a somewhat larger village than the first, and we attracted such an amount of attention that I believe Cynthia collected as much as sevenpence in a very little while.
The aggregate is twenty-three thousand two hundred and seventeen pounds, nine shillings, and sevenpence halfpenny.
Fancy such an estimable person as the widow lady appraising her parental care at so low a figure as three-and-ninepence a week—sevenpence farthing a day, including Sundays!
Then Noël reminded us that coiners have moulds, and Oswald went and bought a pair of wooden lemon squeezers forsevenpence three farthings.
It is happening now, and we had three pounds two and sevenpence last time I counted the bazaar.
Would three and sevenpence halfpenny be any good, do you think?
This day I received of Captain Thomas White, two pounds six shillings and sevenpence halfpenny, stirling, which was the ballance due me for clothing which I was charged with, but did not receive—all of which was given by the King of Denmark.
One pound ten, andsevenpence ha'penny in coppers; that's all.
Under these circumstances a donation of one hundred and seventeen pounds two shillings sevenpence came in this morning, of which I took fifty pounds for these objects, and sixty-seven pounds two shillings sevenpence for the orphans.
And even during this year, how great has been his help; for the income for the work altogether has been twelve thousand seven hundred and eighty-five pounds fifteen shillings sevenpence halfpenny.
This money just lasted till the price of bread was reduced from ninepence halfpenny to sevenpence halfpenny.
To-day there was only four shillings and sevenpence in hand for the other objects of the institution, though it was the payday for some of the teachers.
It was one pound thirteen and sevenpence halfpenny," sobbed Dora.
And as we had only six-and-sevenpence among us we had to tell Father.
He then "struck his tent" and departed, pocketing nearly two shillings, and excusing himself from going through the performance, under pretence that all the contributions he had received only amounted to sevenpence halfpenny.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sevenpence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
