Example sentences of "paid [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have found some boring ordinary job and paid off the cops and you 'd have your new crystal and I 'd never have met Marco and his pals and I 'd be a happier woman today . |
| 2 | She paid off the cab at Bart 's Hospital , and went through the main entrance . |
| 3 | You killed him , during the journey , paid off the cab in Cheapside and left the body to be discovered by some old biddy in Liverpool Street station . ’ |
| 4 | The cab drew up outside an enormous emporium in the very heart of the town , and Ellie alighted while Madame paid off the cab . |
| 5 | A few minutes later , he paid off the taxi and caught a bus to Shepherd 's Bush . |
| 6 | He took Bobby back to his digs , paid off the rent owed to the landlady , and helped remove all his belongings to Apollo Place . |
| 7 | I paid off the tab at the Tomorrowman and took a stroll over . |
| 8 | I bought did Dick a bottle of and paid off the mortgage . |
| 9 | of course , what most people do is , when they 've sold their house and paid off the mortgage , they take out another mortgage and , and buy another house , because they need one to live in . |
| 10 | Paid up the insurance for the car , yeah ? |
| 11 | Julian never paid back the money , even though he started up in business again and eventually did all right for himself . |
| 12 | Then he changed two fifty-pound notes and paid back the money that he owed . |
| 13 | So far in each case where an error 's been proved , the banks paid back the money overcharged . |
| 14 | John of Marmoutier tells the legend that Geoffrey le Bel dressed up as a rustic and listened to complaints about his prévôts ’ rapacity ; on his return to court , he paid back the sums they had extorted , and threatened them with death if they continued to defraud the peasantry . |
| 15 | And six days later she hit the jackpot … when Bonnie paid back the cash . |
| 16 | According to French sources , the problems with the Longines Classic started at last year 's event when , though the sponsors paid out the prize money , it did not reach the players . |