Example sentences of "[adv] pay for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilly finds an excuse for going back to Mr Randolph 's house and she manages to steal the rest of his money , but there is still not enough to pay for her ticket to San Francisco . |
| 2 | As I earned only enough to pay for my childminder my father paid my train fares . |
| 3 | In one incident alone near Smolensk , seventy-four persons were arrested for not paying for their journey . |
| 4 | It 's true that more people are hanging on to their cars and strangel ; y not paying for their servicing . |
| 5 | Reveals Jon : ‘ I was just paying for my shopping when the gun battle started . |
| 6 | The feathery leaves and bright yellow flowers are worth growing for their decorativeness alone and , being an annual , they soon pay for their place . |
| 7 | Just one ground in the entire country does not pay for its police service , and of course that has to be Derby County football club , yet it is the Derbyshire police force that so desperately needs the money . |
| 8 | But without it she could not pay for her coffee and salad . |
| 9 | She 's now hoping a charitable trust will soon pay for her operation to be done privately . |
| 10 | At a conservative estimate they had cost considerably more than she had just paid for her night 's lodging . |
| 11 | Her wages only just paid for her expenses : now a taxi was a memory . |
| 12 | These councillors were not paid for their services and paid their own expenses . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've already paid for our booth and have a serious bite on a really big picture , ’ says Gerald Stiebel . |
| 14 | If you 've already paid for your NHS dental treatment and you want to claim a refund because : |
| 15 | Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate . |
| 16 | She always paid for their meals during rehearsals and they would troop off to the Express Dairy cafeteria opposite . |
| 17 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 18 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 19 | He 's on yes , he 's only getting a little present cos I 'm still paying for his camcorder till next month . |
| 20 | Nobody makes me pay for it , I always pay for my drinks . |
| 21 | SUPERSTAR Cher always pays for her purchases with cash … because she ca n't write cheques . |
| 22 | There followed severe repression with the aim of terrifying the recalcitrant , and mutinous princelings usually paid for their revolt by death on a gibbet … |
| 23 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |
| 24 | Anyway , they would fall in love with these Counts who were ten a penny and even pay for their drinks . |
| 25 | That would n't even pay for my clothes … . ’ |
| 26 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 27 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 28 | ‘ He has n't paid for his drinks . |
| 29 | Thanks to her relationship with Mangon , she was well paid for her services : |
| 30 | tell me how to pay for my wedding . |