Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to pay for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It came down to a willingness to pay for it . ’ |
| 2 | But there 's a forfeit to pay for forgetting my confidence — will you have dinner with me tonight ? ’ |
| 3 | When I said I 've got a wedding to pay for , they said to me , well can you think about cancelling it because it 's nonessential spending , and I said |
| 4 | A CROWD of people fought with police officers as they tried to stop a council bailiff taking a car to pay for an outstanding poll tax bill , a court was told yesterday . |
| 5 | It seems a sponsor to pay for the trip could n't be found . |
| 6 | The tube workers had a whip-round to pay for a taxi to the railway station . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't possess a mansion with a swimming-pool , a Rolls in the garage , and a business to pay for it all , ’ he admitted in a recent biography . |
| 8 | There is a fee to pay for arranging and/or operating a CheckOver . |
| 9 | The Wellcome Foundation Trust , a charitable arm of the Wellcome drug company set up to fund medical research , has agreed in principle to a request to pay for the three-year investigation . |
| 10 | I guess his leaving coincided with my dad stopping taking me to Elland Road so maybe I 'm just been sentimental for the happy days when I could get a parentr to pay for the tickets ! ! |
| 11 | In this opera of ensembles there is , however , a price to pay for such fierce individualization : the beauty of Mozart 's blended vocal writing is sometimes sacrificed , and there is little sense of joint wonderment as each new turn of events is unfolded . |
| 12 | But in terms of Defence and Overseas policy there had been a price to pay for these successes . |
| 13 | What a price to pay for an Imperial whim . |
| 14 | But there was a price to pay for their pleasures . |
| 15 | But what a price to pay for two months of passion ! |
| 16 | ‘ It 's too high a price to pay for the moon , ’ Nan had said . |
| 17 | ‘ But living without women is something we decided had to be done — it 's not too high a price to pay for fame . ’ |
| 18 | The point to bear in mind is that all that glisters is not gold , and there has been a price to pay for all the splendour . |
| 19 | But there is a price to pay for this advantage , in that the effect of insurance is a reduction in the deterrence value of liability . |
| 20 | But there 's a price to pay for not going into the market place . |
| 21 | There would be a price to pay for this abandonment . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , there is a price to pay for everything and , under this Government , that price is measured by what we call the poll tax and will soon no doubt be measured by the council tax . |
| 23 | She even sold her house in Germany to pay for it , and while she 's happy to stretch this little two seater to the limit in practice , lasting damage to the Bar-Belle Bomber would be too high a price to pay for victory … |
| 24 | ‘ There is always a price to pay for international duty , ’ said United manager Alec Ferguson . |
| 25 | But because exploration costs represent barely a fifth the total North Sea spending of about £10 billion , this may not be considered too heavy a price to pay for an attempt to switch activity towards developing some of the finds already made or maximising the returns from fields already in production . |
| 26 | David Howell , chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee , said China would recognise that ‘ destabilising and smashing Hong Kong is far too high a price to pay for China 's hopes in the modern world . ’ |
| 27 | There 's a price to pay for everything . |
| 28 | If you need a loan to pay for that car , whether it 's the latest model or a classic , an Abbey National Car Loan could quickly provide you with the money you need , at competitive rates you can afford . |
| 29 | But this charge was later dropped when Kedie 's brother confirmed it was a loan to pay for outstanding bills and to help set up a fish and chip shop in Eastbourne . |
| 30 | Their fame began innocently enough in 1893 when an enterprising baron founded a lottery to pay for the Rio de Janeiro zoo . |