Example sentences of "be pay for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | In Aethelberht 's laws , the king 's smith was protected by a special wergeld , called a leodgeld , amounting to 100 Kentish ‘ shillings ’ , which would be paid for causing the smith 's death ( Loyn 1962 , p. 103 ) . |
2 | A common response from farmers left out of these schemes is : ‘ Why ca n't I also be paid for providing environmental services ? |
3 | The chemists say they were promised that they 'd be paid for providing the service , but so far they have n't seen a penny . |
4 | In 1975 he wrote his open letter to President Husak about the price that would have to be paid for delivering their country into the hands of an ‘ entropic ’ regime which depended ‘ solely on the ruling minority 's instinct of self-preservation and on the fear of the ruled majority ’ , a regime which positively required the suppression of truth and history for its surival . |
5 | That might seem fair enough considering the profitability of those businesses , but they are not quite so bad that people should be paid for taking them away . |
6 | The very name of one of aviation 's most prized activities conjures up visions of exotic and faraway locations , bright sunshine , sparkling clear seas , white sandy beaches and much else … and to be paid for flying in such surroundings ? |
7 | The more enlightened and reforming a government the more obviously it must flout feelings of this kind ; and sometimes the price to be paid for flouting them was high . |
8 | This care will be paid for using funds transferred from the Department of Social Security . |
9 | Officials said that the move was temporary and that the companies would be paid for supplying petroleum products . |
10 | I mean you must have a lot of cases whereby where , where you are actually perhaps er er a taxi needs to be paid for to take |
11 | But they farm as a living , so they must be paid for looking after wildlife habitats . |
12 | There is some truth in this , but it is the price that has to be paid for reaching balanced judgements on the way ahead . |
13 | Yet it is the state that ensures that only solicitors may be paid for transferring interests in land or that only doctors may issue death certificates . |
14 | But there is always a price to be paid for having such riches at such a young age , says top psychologist Dr David Lewis . |
15 | CSKA have re-emerged as CFKA Sredets and continue to win the League regularly , but for several seasons the Bulgarians have allowed footballers to be paid for playing . |
16 | But to be paid for playing — well , that 's something that I do n't think would be to the overall benefit of the games . ’ |
17 | I do n't want to be paid for going with you to see your grandmother . |
18 | It worries us that many farmers appear to be paid for doing nothing . |
19 | There is a price to be paid for compiling a book-length multiauthor status report of a relatively young field . |