Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] pay for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone must pay for the Privilege of having me spend valuable time in directing the operations of bone-headed policemen like you ! |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll pay for the call of course . ’ |
| 3 | Otherwise I 'll pay for the fine for being on a yellow line . |
| 4 | I 'll pay for the tape . |
| 5 | He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food . |
| 6 | But I told them they did n't want to worry , I would pay for the grin'stone . |
| 7 | I will pay for the copy , postage and effort ! |
| 8 | ‘ I can pay for the damage if ever so bad . |
| 9 | Some insurance companies offer small sum policies , with monthly or annual premiums , which may pay for the funeral when someone dies , however much has been put into the scheme . |
| 10 | He attempted to preserve from what he called the ‘ growing appetites of sacrilegious cormorants ’ Church revenues which could pay for the education of talented children of poor families . |
| 11 | ‘ It has failed to debate the key question of who should pay for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water . ’ |
| 12 | Who should pay for the wasted time of the dentist ? — I ? the bus driver ? the bus company ? or the clock manufacturer ? |
| 13 | Could we just quickly , who should pay for the training of the trustees , employer or the trust ? |
| 14 | So what 's happened to the idea that it 's the polluter who should pay for the clean-up , farmers and nitrate manufacturers . |
| 15 | Now he 's told her that she should pay for the new family car . |
| 16 | ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’ |
| 17 | The main question is who will pay for the clean-up : farmers or all the state 's taxpayers ? |
| 18 | Who will pay for the satellites ? |
| 19 | Who will pay for the crossover still in use by the Stanlow tanks each week to be moved so that locos can still be run round trains ? |
| 20 | With Chosen Heritage you can pay for the funeral now at today 's prices then stop worrying about the increasing costs . ’ |
| 21 | you can pay for the M O T |
| 22 | If one of a pair of riding boots is damaged the other boot can not be used on its own and we should pay for the cost of a new pair . |
| 23 | In nineteen eighty nine , Mrs Margaret Thatcher said , I do not see why we should pay for the education of conflict . |
| 24 | The starting point for the Dobry inquiry was the lengthening delay in the processing of planning applications , but Dobry was quick to point out that ‘ not all delay is unacceptable : it is the price we must pay for the democratic planning of the environment ’ . |
| 25 | We shall pay for the borrowing by borrowing — that is the normal way in which one pays for it . |
| 26 | We will pay for the journey and they will pay for the tests . |
| 27 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 28 | Many developing nations argue that since the industrialized countries are the world 's main polluters , they should pay for improvements in the global environment ; and since they are rich , they should pay for the transfers of technology necessary for the developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , stop deforestation and carry out other changes . |
| 29 | They will pay their Poll Tax , they 'll pay for their electricity , they 'll pay for their water , they 'll pay for the sewage disposal and , what is more , they will pay rent . |
| 30 | Whenever motorists used a particular section of road they would pay for the upkeep of the road and for the congestion they caused . |