Example sentences of "[noun] were [adj] pay for " in BNC.

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1 However , they felt it important that consumers should retain the freedom of choice so that those who found the extra cost of electrical ‘ refined heat ’ worthwhile because of its cleanliness and convenience were free to pay for it .
2 Erm but one of the reasons that , that we got the audience was , was so that they , they obviously the audience were prepared to pay for the fact that
3 the bank were prepared to pay for the business to be purchase only on condition that the home , that the family home was then sold and the proceeds were given straight to the bank , so with that eighty thousand pounds of equity in the property and the purchase fund for the business was about twenty five thousand pounds .
4 Yet even the nobility were loath to pay for such intangibles when they could obtain a similar ritual at less outlay and with greater speed from within the trade .
5 Boroughs within the royal forests were prepared to pay for exemption from their hated authority .
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