Example sentences of "be paying [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only grass that 's well cut is where people cut it themselves outside their own house but , in particular , erm , th I would like to see the supervision of the contract and that we do n't cough up the money unless the job 's done properly because I think we 're paying for a job that 's not being either done at all , or when it is being done it 's not being done well . |
| 2 | So you 're paying for a service really are n't you ? |
| 3 | I mean , you know , when you think of what you 're paying as a , the other gentleman was saying , we are paying the thirty four pound twenty two pence a month , then you 've also got your poll tax above that , and then your mortgage as well ! |
| 4 | A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court . |
| 5 | The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then . |
| 6 | For the widow of a younger man or of one who has not been paying into a personal pension scheme for very long , this could be a very small amount — perhaps only a few hundred pounds a year . |
| 7 | The old age pensioners are paying for a caravan including these , you know , facilities , and the people do n't get them ! |
| 8 | Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country . |
| 9 | Although ComputerEasy Draw is more basic than the more expensive packages , you wo n't be paying for a lot of functions that you will rarely or never use , and it 's certainly rich enough in features to make it a worthwhile investment for most everyday drawing requirements . |
| 10 | in comparison with what they would be paying for a market stall then it would be it 's way out of their their |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm paying for a star actor who can do the job of acting , not some old has-been whose memory 's gone . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , so it 's , you know , it 's like two mailshots up once a quarter or whatever , minutes , and I 'm paying for a lunch . |
| 13 | And also , if if if you 're in an area like me and mine 's , if I ring my local police station , Eastwood and I 'm paying for a trunk call or an out of area call , costing me twice as much |
| 14 | So I 'm paying like a hundred and twenty pound a month less but it 's |
| 15 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |
| 16 | Angela and Chris , both 28 , thought the bride 's parents , Norman and Gladys Smith , were paying for a buffet lunch , and both families would share the reception costs . |
| 17 | A busy father is paying for a basket of green- groceries . |
| 18 | She found him another job and is paying for a private nurse . |
| 19 | ( j ) A point sometimes missed by students is that the deception need not relate to the reason why the accused is paying for a service . |
| 20 | Frank , who worked for the Coventry-based business for 10 years before retiring on medical grounds , is now disabled and the money is paying for a £2,127 electric wheelchair . |
| 21 | The firm 's paying for a rented flat but it 's not really big enough for us and the children . ’ |