Example sentences of "pays your [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is demonstrated by such statements as : ‘ you pays your money and you takes your pick ’ . |
| 2 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 3 | When it comes to the state of mental health services , you ‘ pays your money and you takes your choice ’ . |
| 4 | These are these wonderful arguments where you pays your money and you takes your choice . |
| 5 | ‘ You pays your money and you takes your chance'-that was war . |
| 6 | And actually they 've got two miniature scores in the library , one of which said it was in E flat , and the other one said it was in C minor , so you pays your money and you takes your choice , erm |