Example sentences of "was paying for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the fellows was paying for the éclair anyway . |
| 2 | By 1782 he was paying for 16 boys and 7 girls aged 4 to 11 to attend the local school , and contributing money to build the local workhouse . |
| 3 | Yet the DSS was paying for the place and she could have shopped around if she had been provided with the help to do this . |
| 4 | Once he even made me hand over all the money beforehand , so that it would look as if he was paying for everyone himself . |
| 5 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 6 | I was paying for bills , food and everything from my wages . |
| 7 | that 's how your electricity was paying for it . |
| 8 | And when you were a student erm who was paying for your training ? |
| 9 | It was paying for my Communications course . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I also had to give up my part-time Communications course which the Jo'burg job was paying for , because the salary in Durban was much lower and my parents could n't help me when it was all they could do to meet Dad 's medical expenses , since he never made any sort of provision for the future . |
| 11 | Loretta was paying for the tickets at the cash desk when she felt a hand on her shoulder . |
| 12 | Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation ; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner . |
| 13 | She was paying for it when her eye was caught by a stall covered with delicately made tablecloths and other handmade items . |
| 14 | than what I was paying for it . |
| 15 | And then there was money for maimed soldiers , for what they called visited persons , which was the plague , fire and candles for the courts of guards , that was paying for fire and candles for all the little sentinel posts round Oxford . |