Example sentences of "can pay for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if your elderly parent has no telephone and neither of you can pay for one , you should contact the local authority social services department , who are empowered to provide assistance towards the cost or , in some cases , free telephones for disabled housebound elderly people and others , under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 , although the extent of need is determined by the local authority in the light of resources . |
| 2 | She said go now to the electrical desk and you can pay for them when no I do n't want to do that and I made her come out with me and see I picked up those teddies in the bags and I went back in and put them by the electrical desk |
| 3 | Well while he 's raking it in every bloody week for sitting on his behind in parliament there , he can pay for them ! |
| 4 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 5 | I can pay for it . |
| 6 | I er I remember always do n't buy what you ca n't afford do n't get anything unless you can pay for it . |
| 7 | No well I mean I can pay for it , it 's just a question of getting it and sort of erm only we 're not often here on a Sunday , if Mr is here , is it |
| 8 | On the contrary , if the gene can pay for itself in terms of reproductive success , that is all that matters . |
| 9 | But if the plant is to be popular with council tax payer its operators will have to prove that recycling on this scale really can pay for itself . |
| 10 | I want to be sure that we retain all these characteristics of a decent and civilised society , while managing our economic fortunes competently so that we can pay for our individual and collective aspirations . |