Example sentences of "pay for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | payed for his crimes and he was |
| 2 | Each generation of workers is in effect paying for its predecessors ' pensions , in the confident hope that the next generation will pay for theirs . |
| 3 | Germany is paying for its railways , not privatising them . |
| 4 | In the early 1980s , the society began operating deficits , paying for its expenses by either liquidating chunks of its endowment or selling securities that had been donated in trust . |
| 5 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 6 | They do n't work out how much they 're paying for their money |
| 7 | Some people who have difficulty in paying for their water may prefer to have prepayment meters fitted . |
| 8 | When he heard that one of these new county courts was to have its first sitting in County Hall , Lewes on 27 April 1847 , Thomas Bance , a leading tailor of the town , was quick to register claims against eight customers who had delayed paying for their suits longer than most thought it traditional to do so . |
| 9 | In one incident alone near Smolensk , seventy-four persons were arrested for not paying for their journey . |
| 10 | But other customers buying at higher prices than in shops are paying for their credit . |
| 11 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 12 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 13 | They stabled their horses at the ferrymaster 's house , paying for their fodder and keep until they returned . |
| 14 | ‘ By paying for their furniture , even if it 's just a token amount , people value it more , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The latest figures for 1990–91 show that the NHS was left with bad debts of £764,000 , which a department spokesman admitted was mainly due to people leaving the country without paying for their treatment . |
| 16 | They will wince at the idea of paying for their children 's school books or having their gallstones removed , but think nothing of spending half a year 's income on a car . |
| 17 | What are they paying for their shares in Newco ? |
| 18 | It 's true that more people are hanging on to their cars and strangel ; y not paying for their servicing . |
| 19 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 20 | The reaction of parents to this knowledge varied from throwing the user out of the family home to paying for their habit until a place at a treatment centre could be found ( see Dorn and South 1987 ) . |
| 21 | Large sectors of the population were left with an increased disposable income after paying for their food . |
| 22 | Two months later , the growing recognition of the terrible price people were paying for their belief in Hitler — that the ‘ hope of millions ’ had become Germany 's ruin — was reflected in bitter allusions to the Führer 's ‘ mission ’ . |
| 23 | Everybody seemed to have bought a new dress for the occasion , and she had hardly finished paying for her suit . |
| 24 | ‘ But I am paying for her services . ’ |
| 25 | because they were paying for her house , she was n't her husband and herself did n't have to pay over there |
| 26 | coat now , I 'm gon na start paying for it Friday . |
| 27 | He 's on yes , he 's only getting a little present cos I 'm still paying for his camcorder till next month . |
| 28 | That 's paying for his petrol before he gets it . |
| 29 | This time the District Councils collect it from Community Charges payers , and whether you had a rating systems in place at the moment , or whether you have Community Charge , Bob and his high spending friends would still have to rein in their expenditure and recognise that the people of Oxfordshire can not keep paying for his profligacy . |
| 30 | On board ship he invariably tried to hoodwink other people , even a cabin boy , into paying for his sherry . |