Example sentences of "pay for the [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We paid for the holiday with just with change out of our pocket |
| 2 | Pay-as-you-go means that today s contributors pay for the pension of today 's retired people — on the basis that the next generation will pick up the bill for today 's contributors when they retire . |
| 3 | But they have to pay for the schooling over there , you know . |
| 4 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
| 5 | Members of the Stratification and Employment Group at the University of Surrey have previously received grants from the ESRC to pay for the preparation of more accessible versions of the General Household Survey data tapes from the annual surveys of 1973 and 1980 . |