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for thirty points

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1) For thirty points is a toaster oven.
2) For thirty points is a beautiful toaster oven you can use in your own kitchen or give as a present to one of your children.

Are these sentences correct?

The context would be a game show where prizes are given according to the number of points scored.

I think I heard something like that, but I suspect I might have misheard something, and the character speaking the words in the sketch was drunk.

The fronting of 'for thirty points' bothers me and the verb 'is' doesn't make too much sense either.

"You win a toaster oven for your thirty points," seems to be the intended meaning.

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Re: for thirty points

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Not standard constructions.

--> For 30 points THERE is a...
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