Example sentences of "[pron] [be] paying for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm paying for a star actor who can do the job of acting , not some old has-been whose memory 's gone . ’ |
2 | Yes , so it 's , you know , it 's like two mailshots up once a quarter or whatever , minutes , and I 'm paying for a lunch . |
3 | And also , if if if you 're in an area like me and mine 's , if I ring my local police station , Eastwood and I 'm paying for a trunk call or an out of area call , costing me twice as much |
4 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
5 | Besides , I 'm paying for the betrayal by telling them about the body . |
6 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
7 | ‘ I 'm paying for the booze . ’ |
8 | a little portion of what I 'm paying for the heel . |
9 | But nobody is paying for the increasingly large amount of work we do for the childbearing and professional public at large . |
10 | Salon perms are expensive because you are paying for the expertise of the technician and their time — an average perm takes approx. two hours for short to mid-length hair , more if hair is longer . |
11 | ‘ But you are paying for the rehearsal period , for the creative process itself . ’ |
12 | So you 're paying for a service really are n't you ? |
13 | You 're paying for the hairdresser 's services and part of that is to receive whatever information about your hair you need . |
14 | You 're paying for the service , and I provide it . |
15 | You 're paying for the hole they should have dug provided it was at least as big as they |
16 | So you 're paying for he you 're paying for the |
17 | But then you 're paying for the use of the boat as well are n't you ? |
18 | Yeah but there again you 're paying for the land are n't you ? |
19 | Mind you , you 're paying for the area are n't you ? |
20 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
21 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
22 | you 're paying for the opportu by that chap coming round |
23 | and doing that you 're paying for the opportunity of having erm other services |
24 | But because when you got the , you think you got the heating on and you 're paying for the heating , and you open the windows . |
25 | Every hour we are paying for the services of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , at an annual salary of £63,047 . |
26 | The only grass that 's well cut is where people cut it themselves outside their own house but , in particular , erm , th I would like to see the supervision of the contract and that we do n't cough up the money unless the job 's done properly because I think we 're paying for a job that 's not being either done at all , or when it is being done it 's not being done well . |
27 | ‘ Yes , because we know exactly what we 're paying for the next 3 years ’ |
28 | We 're paying for the heating . |
29 | Okay , we 've just signed the 8 album deal for 150 squillion quid with the record company , and they 're paying for the new gear . |
30 | GUESTS staying in Holiday Inn hotels did n't realise they were paying for a surprise extra — a peephole for staff to spy on them in bed . |