Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] pay for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 2 | The FT was moving premises and sold the building to a Japanese Corporation for £143 million — the highest price ever paid for a City site . |
| 3 | The government already pays for a unit at the Royal Aircraft Establishment , in Farnborough , that uses powerful computers to analyse signals from the satellites . |
| 4 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 5 | That notoriety explains why Simon & Schuster paid $275,000 for the translation rights , the highest sum ever paid for a Japanese book . |
| 6 | The Maharajah also paid for a warden 's cottage nearby ; a tiny octagonal building with just 3 rooms . |