Example sentences of "and pay for " in BNC.

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1 I said , and I pushed the instrument back and paid for the rest .
2 They were equally trusting in sending country customers goods ‘ on approval ’ , selected from catalogues received in the mail which they retained and paid for by cheque , or returned .
3 Of the food I am about to eat , I earned and paid for my share .
4 They kept their secret identities and paid for it through their Swiss bank accounts .
5 Naturally , apart from the accusation of hypocrisy and of letting Britain solve its marriage problems , the government ends up being accused of allowing divorce for the wealthy and none for the poor , as the cost of going to and staying in Britain and paying for the legal procedures is beyond the pockets of the majority .
6 If you are putting the lift in and paying for it yourself it is wise to take out a maintenance agreement and add the lift to your Home Contents Insurance .
7 Planning and paying for a funeral in advance .
8 PLANNING AND PAYING FOR A FUNERAL IN ADVANCE
9 Mr Hartling 's predecessor , Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan , avoided such pitfalls by simply chartering private jets and paying for them out of his not inconsiderable private coffers .
10 It would mean pricing and paying for air and other environmental resources .
11 Then back to the shop , with Lucy now taking the money from her pinafore pocket where it had been tied in her handkerchief , and paying for the corn ; to go on her way feeling quite a little woman of the world .
12 My agent chatted her up and she let slip Tweed and the Grey woman left early this morning after booking their suite — and paying for it — for another week . ’
13 Save time by ordering and paying for your interval drinks or coffee before the show .
14 Employees also received a grant towards incidental expenses like buying carpets and curtains and paying for telephone installation .
15 At the coal face , the butties were responsible for the actual mining processes , overseen by colliery company officials ; the butties were in charge of organizing and paying for the winning of coal , though not in all cases for its transport to the pithead .
16 The tied cottager can then become a ‘ statutory tenant ’ , obliged to pay a weekly rent and paying for services and rates .
17 Since the state was largely responsible for initiating and paying for mass education , it was able to establish greater control over teachers .
18 So the link between voting and paying for local services has been broken .
19 Our friend the Reverend G. M. Musgrave , disembarking at Boulogne a dozen years earlier , was much impressed by the French system : ‘ The contrivances for receiving , weighing , marking and paying for luggage were simple and excellent .
20 When sailing independently in any yacht you 'll be responsible for port dues and paying for top up fuel .
21 Later , under the 1907 provisions for the medical inspection of children , parents ( and again the responsibility usually fell on the mother ) were told what was wrong with their children but were left with the task of seeking and paying for treatment , dependants being excluded from the provisions of the 1911 National Health Insurance Act .
22 We have to take more time to explain clearly what they are getting and paying for . ’
23 People are frightened of using their taps , their baths , their toilets because of using water and paying for it .
24 Is it any coincidence that pharmaceutical companies have found medicines ( which we have to keep taking and paying for ) rather than a vaccine ( which we would only have to take once ) ?
25 He brings home about 10 rupees a day after eating his meal in the bazaar and paying for repairs to the rickshaw .
26 Some weeks after accepting delivery and paying for the computer , it is found that , although the computer works well in every other respect , it is not compatible with the company 's other machines and can not reasonably be made so .
27 The Howards had hoped for more than a million pounds in compensation … the cost of caring for Michelle , and paying for the court case , has stretched their finances to the limit .
28 It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing .
29 Pip has found contentment also by helping Herbert with is life by find and paying for him to start a job .
30 They were supposed to raiding the city regiments and paying for it , there was constant trouble for this , and the man who was appointed colonel by the king , Nicholas Selby , was very unpopular .
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