But the old man's business was certainly never worth fifteen thousand francs!
On the middle shelf lay some ten thousand francs in gold, methodically arranged in little piles.
Giry, "seeing that it was myself who put the twenty-thousand francs into M.
In a voice growling and rolling like thunder, he roared: "Why should I know better than you where the twenty-thousand francs went to?
You tell me there were twenty-thousand francs in the envelope which I put into M.
Richard ought to know better than you where the twenty-thousand francs went to?
Richard, of putting twenty-thousand francs in his pocket?
Here Louis Mongenod returned, bringing in his hand a hundred notes of a thousand francs each, which he gave to Madame de la Chanterie.
Look here, will you guarantee me a thousand francs?
With those words Madame Mongenod held out to me that magnificent box you see over there, in which were one hundred and fifty notes of a thousand francs each.
If I were to speak to Ramond he would willingly lend us a thousand francs, which we could return to him when our affairs are arranged.
He obstinately refused to take another sou from the five thousand francs locked up in the desk.
It is out of the question," replied Finot; "La Torpille has not a sou to give away; Nathan tells me she borrowed a thousand francs of Florine.
From vexation to vexation, a thousand francs at a time, the banker had gone so far as to offer sixty thousand francs to Madame de Saint-Esteve, who still refused to help him, with a grimace that would have outdone any monkey.
Carlos Herrera kept such a keen eye on the service in the house on the Quai Malaquais, that Lucien did not spend ten thousand francs a year, all told.
We have done the trick," he said, showing her three hundred and ten thousand francs in a roll, which he took out of the pocket of his coat.
The most modest were over thirty thousand francs a year.
And in spite of her recklessness with money, she was amazed to learn that they refused two hundred thousand francs for a few rocks undermined by the waves, and a couple of dozen dying pines.
He may earn as much as a thousand francs a month, not counting the tips.
She gambled for two years with nothing less than chips of five hundred and a thousand francs.
In consideration of a bill for two thousand five hundred francs, at one month's date, renewable only with the consent of Pere Robineau, he handed over to Raymond two bank-notes of a thousand francs each.
It only requires a couple of thousand francs (L80), no more; and this is what we must do to procure that sum.
He made Raymond believe that he had found a more accommodating money-lender, who had promised to let him have a thousand francs on his bill.
Having induced the landlord to let her have a kitchen and two servants' rooms, Madame de la Baudraye wrote a few lines to her mother, begging her to send her some linen and a loan of a thousand francs.
You are not in the front rank, and you have not a thousand francs of your own.
You will hold it for three months, you will then resign, and Monsieur Gravier will give twenty thousand francs for it.
Some years later his benefactor died, leaving him an income of a thousand francs a year, enough to prevent him dying of hunger in the artistic career which he had decided to follow.
His benefactor died, leaving him a sum which yielded an annual income of a thousand francs, and he came to Paris to follow an artistic career.
This crime, patient and cunning, had for its cause a legacy of a thousand francs left to Aunt Phasie by her father, a legacy which she had hidden, and refused to hand over to Misard.
At the expiration of my term," he answered, "I received from the Commissioner a thousand francs, sent to him quarterly for me in little sums which police regulations did not allow me to receive till the day I left the galleys.
The duke's money paid for all that, as you may imagine; but from time to time Prudence came to me, asking for a note for a thousand francs, professedly on behalf of Marguerite.
Marguerite took the six notes of a thousand francs.
David; will you go into that chamber on the other side, where you will see a large red pocketbook on a bureau; open it and take out five notes of a thousand francs each, and bring them to me.
Schoolmaster, "a thousand francs, and I'll kill him.
I have to-day lent Mademoiselle Claes one hundred thousand francs to redeem your notes of hand which you had no means of paying: you are therefore unable to give me any security.
The notary rushed forward to give her his arm; as she never took any but that of her husband she thanked him with a smile and said,-- "Have you come for the thirty thousand francs?
Yes, madame; when I reached home I found a letter of advice from Messieurs Protez and Chiffreville, who have drawn six letters of exchange upon Monsieur Claes for five thousand francs each.
I will bring you the remaining seventy thousand francs.
Besides, just now Pierrotin's head was as full of his own stings as there are five-franc pieces in a thousand francs.
He there occupied, on the first floor, an apartment overlooking the valley of the Seine, with a southern exposure, and the exclusive enjoyment of a large garden, for the sum of a thousand francs a year.
He wanted to drown himself; so I lent him a thousand francs, but those brigands Finot and Giroudeau won them from him.
The count has lately promised thirty thousand francs to a celebrated Scotch doctor who is coming over to treat him," continued Oscar.
Winansky has broken an arm--Marinski, in consequence, needs a violinist of the first rank and offers ten thousand francs a month and expenses.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thousand francs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
