Example sentences of "i paid for " in BNC.

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1 They ask me how much I paid for everything I was wearing , how much I pay for my room at the pension , how much salary I shall be getting at the university — a salary to me ridiculously small , little more than pocket-money , but for the majority of working-class Spaniards a fortune .
2 No one wanted me to do the set , so I paid for it myself .
3 I paid for them , and I 'm hungry . ’
4 I own it , I paid for it , but it would only go to someone that was old enough , mature enough .
5 In other words I got what I paid for , considering the price .
6 ‘ He gave the glass , I paid for the labour . ’
7 Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’
8 I paid for the rent for the villa , which I arranged myself with a Belgian count who owned it , and also paid the air fares for all the Mellors , ’ she said .
9 Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner .
10 It is really my own it was n't given by the government I paid for it .
11 I paid for the petrol and the mints , and the young chap said : ‘ It 's Geoffrey Boycott sat in that car , is n't it ? ’
12 Seventy grand I paid for it , and that was the national debt then I can tell you .
13 I paid for three plants ( £4 ) and when I got home , cleaned them and put them in two of my tanks .
14 Later , I paid for a room in Bradford for him to work in .
15 I paid for the taxi because he had no change .
16 This was confirmed when Epson quoted £200 for a 2Mb memory module — that 's nearly half the price I paid for the PC !
17 And I learned to drive — mum and dad paid for my driving lessons and I paid for the driving test .
18 So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well .
19 So I paid for it .
20 He said , behind me , ‘ These , I paid for . ’
21 Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow .
22 THELMA RITTER , the woman behind the counter in Kelly 's , looked at me sideways when I paid for doughnuts and coffee with a wet hundred-dollar bill .
23 ‘ But that 's hardly more than I paid for it ! ’ protested Edward Crumwallis , his voice high with outrage and fear .
24 ‘ Allowing for inflation , it 's very much less than I paid for it . ’
25 I paid for it .
26 It 's just my size and I paid for it .
27 I paid for a tub of polyripple already with the stuff in it
28 Ha ha I paid for the tickets I 'm gon na drink it .
29 I paid for it did n't I , a pound in a draw .
30 Guess how much I paid for it ?
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