Example sentences of "[adv] paid for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the fate of the worker on the Anglo American farm estate Vergelegen , dismissed for asking his employers why he was not paid for a public holiday . |
| 2 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 3 | ESA has already paid for a launch on Ariane , but it can transfer this money to cover the launch of the Giotto mission to Halley 's comet in 1985 . |
| 4 | Why would a maker fit DR-DOS , when it had already paid for a copy of a Microsoft system ? |
| 5 | That notoriety explains why Simon & Schuster paid $275,000 for the translation rights , the highest sum ever paid for a Japanese book . |
| 6 | The FT was moving premises and sold the building to a Japanese Corporation for £143 million — the highest price ever paid for a City site . |
| 7 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £90 |
| 8 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? £50 for a fancy goldfish . |
| 9 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? 32p |
| 10 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 11 | What 's the most you 've ever paid for a fish ? |
| 12 | I have n't paid for a ‘ phone call in years . |
| 13 | The terms and conditions also address such grey areas such as what happens if the buyer has possession of a work , but has not completely paid for it when it is stolen ( the liability is the buyer 's ) , and the duty of such a buyer who has partially paid for a work , to store the work separately from his own goods , not to export it , to retain the seller 's identifying marks , and to allow the seller or his agent access to the work . |
| 14 | The sale — the highest paid for a work by an English artist — is subject to the granting of an export licence . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you once , cara , I have never paid for a woman . ’ |