Example sentences of "to pay [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started telling me that I was an emotional cretin and to improve I 'd have to pay them a load of money to get into their reading room — at £10 an hour . |
| 2 | The Long Island-based company D'Addario are one of the big manufacturers ( not one that makes strings for other people , incidentally ) and in the interests of shedding a hard journalistic light on a somewhat murky area we decided to pay them a visit . |
| 3 | I decided to pay them a visit . |
| 4 | " You wo n't have to pay them a penny . |
| 5 | The plaintiff instructed the defendants , a firm of estate agents , to sell his house and agreed to pay them a percentage of the selling price as commission . |
| 6 | ‘ Do we have to pay them a lot of money ? ’ |
| 7 | And perhaps with Linnet at her side she might pluck up courage , one of these days , to pay them a call . |
| 8 | I 'm going to pay them a visit . ’ |
| 9 | Further , when acting for the buyer of a leasehold property there will probably be a covenant in the lease to register all transfers , mortgages and other dispositions with the lessor 's solicitors and to pay them a fee prescribed for such registration . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if the directors hold a controlling interest it may be necessary to pay them a premium for their shareholdings and ( because of the requirement of equality of treatment under the Code ) for the shareholdings of the minority shareholders ; |
| 11 | Of course , her generous spirit about staff using the amenities of the lodge also allowed her to pay them a pittance that had made Charity 's small salary as an intern seem princely . |
| 12 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 13 | Most of the times living in Soweto , I have police coming to pay me a visit , which they usually call ’ routine ’ checks . |
| 14 | The problem is that with the advent of the ‘ promo ’ clip and the likes of MTV producing vast amounts of programming built around it , pop programming has become synonymous with music video , and no-one is going to pay you a lot of money for that , even if your programme ( like ours ) originates its own material . |
| 15 | And he 's already seen you , he likes you , and he 's willing to pay you a professional 's fee even though he knows you 're an amateur , and — ‘ |
| 16 | It is a written promise by your debtor to pay you a certain amount on a certain date . |
| 17 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 18 | Just guess who 's come to pay you a little visit ! ’ |
| 19 | I think I could afford to pay you a rhinu a day . ’ |
| 20 | then they 'll have to pay you a bit more money , yo you know , to come back like that and say well yeah I do n't |
| 21 | The BBC planned to give the film a third airing on what would have been the admiral 's eightieth birthday , and when this became known we were approached by Lord Brabourne , Mountbatten 's son-in-law , to say that his cousin Prince Charles who , as everyone knew , adored his uncle , wanted to pay him a personal tribute . |
| 22 | It is an amazing turnaround as , back in 1986 , Arsenal let the young Keown go when contract talks failed after they refused to pay him a mere £50-a-week more . |
| 23 | I 'll only have to pay him a dollar and the cartage , and there 'll be enough to cover the rest of the yard . |
| 24 | Even the genial Binkie Beaumont was prepared to pay him a third of what the experienced Emlyn Williams knew he was worth and could get . |
| 25 | If a left-wing politician is genuinely anathematised it is not possible for his opponent to pay him a higher compliment . |
| 26 | The defendants wrote to him and told him that they had decided to pay him a pension of £200 a year and that he was at liberty to enter into any other employment or enter any business , ‘ except in the wool trade . ’ |
| 27 | It seemed the letter writer had decided to pay him a visit . |
| 28 | In case Chambers should catch this new form of laughing sickness Nora decided to pay him a visit . |
| 29 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 30 | However , you will be expected to pay her a fee , as weddings do provide part of the local church organist 's salary . |