Mr. George made a calculation with a pencil and paper, and found that it amounted to thirty-three francs seventy-five centimes.
The price of the seats varied from twelve sous to three francs.
Stereoscopic views of Paris, which we were charged one franc apiece for on the Boulevards, were purchased of the manufacturer in his garret at three francs a dozen.
Then they sneered and with sparkling eyes they compared notes about the table d'hote in the Rue des Martyrs, where big Laure Piedefer ran a dinner at three francs a head for little women in difficulties.
He had supplied her with bread to the amount of a hundred and thirty-three francs, and despite her royal housekeeping she could not pay it.
Without doubt it was only a matter of three francs, but she felt it was hard lines all the same--her way of doing it was too disgusting.
With all economy possible, we had had to deduct the sum of three francs fifty from our remaining balance; we were thus left with twenty-three francs fifty.
Well, my mother told me that, when all our debts were paid, we only had two hundred and fifty-three francs left.
When our debts were settled and all expenses paid, my mother had two hundred and fifty-three francs left.
I had already saved up three francs and a half, and had put it in my money-box, to buy such a set as that.
No more; yet out of that sum I managed to save my three francs and a half.
Then add two or three sous a week for chickweed and seed for my birds, who generally have part of my bread and milk; all this comes to exactly twenty-three francs a month, neither more nor less.
He looked at the landlady and repeated, "Twenty-three francs?
Why, I can buy charming dresses for five or six francs; and boots, the same that I have on now, and almost new, for two or three francs.
I have already saved up three francs and a half toward buying some like them.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "three francs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
