Example sentences of "[modal v] pay [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I insisted that I should pay her a rent of five shillings a week and also asked her , somewhat tentatively , if she felt able to come and have tea with my mother in Romford . |
| 2 | But he said he 'd pay me a fiver if I took the fish out for a bit of fresh air in the hope that it might drop off to sleep . |
| 3 | She d heard about the People 's Palace , a museum concerned with Glasgow and its past , and promised herself she 'd pay it a visit in the near future . |
| 4 | I would pay them a visit this evening , our fifth day in Normandy . |
| 5 | He would pay me a penny for a potato latki , twopence for a fish-cake . |
| 6 | I said if he beat Bruno , I would pay him a king 's ransom to come back and fight Mike Tyson in London . |
| 7 | For failing to attend the Kirk , John Browne would be reported to the authorities by the Session and the Dragoons would pay him a visit — if they could find him . |
| 8 | Fleury had been expecting that Louise would pay him a visit before she retired to bed . |
| 9 | In Wyatt v Kreglinger and Fernau [ 1933 ] 1 KB 793 the restraint was contained in a letter dealing with the plaintiff 's retirement rather than in his contract of employment and it effectively said that the defendants would pay him a pension if he refrained from working in the wool trade . |
| 10 | I said that we would make the trip to Montparnasse one night and sing around the " Coupole " and the " Dome " for Reggie , my parents and their friends , but my father said he would pay us a lot of money to stay away . |
| 11 | ‘ My jewels will pay me a passage home to my father ! ’ she shouted at them . |
| 12 | I will pay you a pound for this information . ’ |
| 13 | 3 On receipt of this letter signed and endorsed by you , we will pay you a fee of — in outright purchase of the copyright in the script for use in the videos and accompanying print material for world non-broadcast use . |
| 14 | Management has a choice about workers : it can pay them a pittance to control an on-off button , or minimise down time by training them to fix — ie program — the new machines . |