Example sentences of "pay [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He payed for the education of children from the families who could n't afford it , and the ablest of the children he sent to university . |
| 2 | They were work , and the students , who were paying through the nose for them , were grim , resentful and bloody-minded . |
| 3 | I ca n't rebuild without paying through the nose for the privilege , and even if I did build , getting rent is like getting blood from a stone ! ’ |
| 4 | The rest of the morning was wasted on the business of getting the car released , and paying through the nose for the privilege . |
| 5 | paying through the business , company will get tax relief on that see , cos I am the boss , not like er I 'm an employer , different . |
| 6 | They paid through the nose for ‘ one-to-one intensive tuition from qualified experts supported by sophisticated resources incorporating the latest technology ’ . |
| 7 | Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate . |
| 8 | The student is responsible for paying for the typing and binding of the thesis : this can cost £350 or more for typing services . |
| 9 | One of the fellows was paying for the éclair anyway . |
| 10 | He will leave his Neasham Road , Darlington practise for three months and is paying for the trip himself and funding a locum doctor when he is away . |
| 11 | You 're paying for the hole they should have dug provided it was at least as big as they |
| 12 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 13 | So right , you get the water meter in , you then start paying for the water , you get a bill between hundred and seventy to two hundred quid a year . |
| 14 | Even after paying for the ferry crossing and a good meal on French soil , they could expect to save more than £800 between them . |
| 15 | They will only get help if they can not easily realise savings of the person who died to pay for the bill , or if paying for the bill brought their own family savings below £500 . |
| 16 | You 're paying for the hairdresser 's services and part of that is to receive whatever information about your hair you need . |
| 17 | Paying for the name . |
| 18 | He called the first meeting together , served ( unpaid ) as the Society 's first secretary , and ended up in prison paying for the Society 's debts . |
| 19 | Okay , ninety , ninety-five per cent of the premium is actually paying for the level of cover . |
| 20 | Some weeks after accepting delivery and paying for the computer , it is found that , although the computer works well in every other respect , it is not compatible with the company 's other machines and can not reasonably be made so . |
| 21 | Salon perms are expensive because you are paying for the expertise of the technician and their time — an average perm takes approx. two hours for short to mid-length hair , more if hair is longer . |
| 22 | At the coal face , the butties were responsible for the actual mining processes , overseen by colliery company officials ; the butties were in charge of organizing and paying for the winning of coal , though not in all cases for its transport to the pithead . |
| 23 | Yeah but there again you 're paying for the land are n't you ? |
| 24 | What 's more these families are paying for the clinic service that they have come to appreciate . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps now you can appreciate my dilemma — about paying for the damage to your car ? ’ |
| 26 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 27 | ‘ But you are paying for the rehearsal period , for the creative process itself . ’ |
| 28 | You 're paying for the service , and I provide it . |
| 29 | the Firm 's client — the person paying for the service may often be irrelevant in determining our who our client is ; and |
| 30 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |