Example sentences of "pay for the [noun] " 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 | And whats more the club payed for the flags to be fireproofed when they realised what a potential fire hazard they were . |
| 3 | Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate . |
| 4 | FKB is paying for the US group through an initial $3.5m in new shares , with a further $19m funded through loan notes realisable in January . |
| 5 | Those in work are paying for the pensions of those past retirement age at the current time , rather than for their own pensions in the future . |
| 6 | The student is responsible for paying for the typing and binding of the thesis : this can cost £350 or more for typing services . |
| 7 | One of the fellows was paying for the éclair anyway . |
| 8 | Financial : Paying for the consequences of the addictive disease of the primary sufferer can be exceedingly expensive and families may even be much more willing to pay Court fines than to pay towards the costs of treatment — The disgrace and deprivation of prison are commonly felt to be consequences that are best avoided whereas they may in fact be the crucial turning point that bring the primary sufferer and the family member into full realisation of the seriousness of addictive disease and the need to seek recovery . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You 're paying for the hole they should have dug provided it was at least as big as they |
| 11 | The scheme could help to curb traffic on Hong Kong 's crowded roads as well as distributing the cost of paying for the roads more fairly . |
| 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 | Every hour we are paying for the services of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , at an annual salary of £63,047 . |
| 18 | Paying for the name . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Okay , ninety , ninety-five per cent of the premium is actually paying for the level of cover . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Yeah but there again you 're paying for the land are n't you ? |
| 25 | What 's more these families are paying for the clinic service that they have come to appreciate . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps now you can appreciate my dilemma — about paying for the damage to your car ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ But you are paying for the rehearsal period , for the creative process itself . ’ |
| 29 | Out of sixteen instances , four were shopkeepers , one a hotel proprietor , one in insurance , and four were farmers ; and nearly all provided either houses — in one case paying for the maids , coal , and gas as well — or land . |
| 30 | You 're paying for the service , and I provide it . |