Example sentences of "[vb mod] pay [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debt has been proverbially frowned on : ‘ He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss ’ ; ‘ He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing ’ ; ‘ Out of debt , out of danger ’ ; ‘ Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt ’ ; ‘ Let him that sleeps too sound borrow the debtor 's pillow ’ ; and , but only grudgingly , ‘ Debt is better than death ’ . |
| 2 | And there were people in this City who would pay well for things like inventories of valuable objects , plans of security arrangements and the combinations of private safes . |
| 3 | Secondly , the costs of nursing could be separated from ‘ hotel ’ costs , and the NHS would pay only for nursing . |
| 4 | ‘ Reject doctrine of envy and bitterness ’ MR Kinnock states that no one earning less than £20,000 per year will pay more in income tax under a socialist Government . |
| 5 | But Michael Fallon , defending Darlington for the Tories , said : ‘ The people of Major Street will pay less under Major . ’ |
| 6 | The explanation is based on the perceived harmful effects of insider dealing : investors will pay less for shares in companies which permit insider dealing . |