Example sentences of "to pay him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'll only have to pay him a dollar and the cartage , and there 'll be enough to cover the rest of the yard . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If a left-wing politician is genuinely anathematised it is not possible for his opponent to pay him a higher compliment . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | It seemed the letter writer had decided to pay him a visit . |
| 8 | In case Chambers should catch this new form of laughing sickness Nora decided to pay him a visit . |
| 9 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |