Example sentences of "[be] pay for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I 'd be paying , we 'd be paying for our petrol which would n't be a lot different to what it is now really |
| 2 | ‘ If we had n't come to an agreement , you 'd be paying for my time as well . ’ |
| 3 | There is often a price to be paid for their advantages ( eg , nuclear energy ) , and biotechnology is unlikely to be any different . |
| 4 | The fact that D'Oyly 's aristocratic informant said that the washermen should be paid for their service with money ( ridi ) may simply reflect the greater social distance which separated the aristocrats from the Hena , or it could be that , at that date , the distinction between commercial and non-commercial economic transactions had not yet become so clear-cut as it is today . |
| 5 | Their support role was of vital importance and they would be paid for their work , allowing them to keep themselves and their children . |
| 6 | Witnesses willing to be paid for their services would parade outside courthouses . |
| 7 | Spirit mediums may not be paid for their services , and their power comes primarily from their collective efforts in large group seances . |
| 8 | Two obvious , and ultimately successful , candidates were cited above ; the first being the alleged right of those elected to Parliament to be paid for their services , and the second the claim that women had a moral right to vote . |
| 9 | People would turn up again in large numbers on Wednesday nights to be paid for their produce . |
| 10 | I am sure that the factory in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency would like to be paid for its exports . |
| 11 | Picketing and other intimidation will be illegal , and men involved in a stoppage will not be paid for its duration . |
| 12 | The carrier will of course be paid for his service by the buyer or seller . |
| 13 | It was agreed to purchase a new machine at the cost of around £185 plus V.A.T. It was considered advisable to engage a regular ‘ caller ’ who would be paid for his services . |
| 14 | Later , in 1908 , they had to plan once again how to combine their joint ideal of a free domestic relationship with the solitude that Edward 's nature demanded as a price to be paid for his self-discovery as a writer . |