Example sentences of "be paying [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , who 've been paying tribute to his dedication and exertise , say he 'd always been aware of the dangers surrounding his work.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 2 | er ready to enter the flat , he would n't have been paying attention to what I was doing . |
| 3 | But Marie , although she had not been paying attention to his words , had been thinking , her mind wandering off along a track of its own . |
| 4 | Occasionally I get the unnerving sense that one or two people are paying attention to what I am saying . |
| 5 | She points to the teddy bear ( that one ) in the first picture and then points to the empty chair in the second picture ( there ) and assumes that the teacher is paying attention to what she is pointing to in their shared context of situation . |
| 6 | I am glad , however , that the hon. Gentleman is paying attention to what I am saying . |
| 7 | She felt as if he was paying homage to their love , his every caress a thanksgiving , and for once the wildness left them alone so their loving was a thing of tenderness and healing , of joy and celebration . |
| 8 | I was paying attention to everything in the airplane . |
| 9 | Hardly anyone was paying attention to him , though the voice booming out in ‘ received upper class ’ English pronunciation had a soothing and hypnotic effect . |
| 10 | In some cases , it 's possible for the scheme trustees to split the widow 's pension between both wives , if the man was paying maintenance to his ex-wife ; but the pension is often not big enough to make this worthwhile . |