Example sentences of "i paid [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I paid no heed at the time , but when things broke the way they did , I thought about it again . |
| 2 | Some distance from the rock on which we sat in conference conferring about the future of the world , if that does n't sound too pompous — an angsana stood , a large tropical tree , its branches full of birds to which I paid no attention . |
| 3 | It was dick-work , routing out pests , for which I paid a fair price . |
| 4 | I paid a Hackney second-hand dealer £100 a few years ago for seven black plastic bags of documents dating back to the seventeenth century — the contents of tin trunks removed from the basement of a firm of solicitors . |
| 5 | ( I did not earn , as Leslie imagined , three times his pay : in fact I got £200 a year , out of which I paid a pound a week income tax , a guinea a week for billeting , five shillings for transport , and the cost of meals at the cafeteria at Bletchley . |
| 6 | We first fished the South-west in the early 1960s when Ann and I paid a visit to Carsfad Reservoir , near New Galloway . |
| 7 | Then one day , just for old times ' sake , I paid a visit to Winston Street . |
| 8 | Geoffrey and others went off to play golf , while Moira and I paid a visit to Mr Campbell 's celebrated tweed shop at Beauly . |
| 9 | I paid a price . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I paid a call at Livingstone Manor , Hauser 's place . |
| 11 | I paid a high wage for each hour of sin |
| 12 | Though Michael Herr has in many ways done well out of Vietnam , he says : ‘ I think I paid a lot of dues ; Neil Sheehan [ author of A Bright Shining Light ] paid a lot of dues ; Don McCullin paid a lot of dues ; Larry Burrows paid all his dues . |
| 13 | And I mean I paid a hundred odd pounds for it |
| 14 | I paid 100 pesos for them to tidy her up and put her in a 900 peso coffin on which I paid a 200 peso deposit . |
| 15 | I was over the moon — although this only lasted for about a year as I paid a visit with some friends to see the 1991 ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ at Wembley . |
| 16 | I paid a |
| 17 | unless it was , yeah , three currant buns in a baker 's shop , I paid a penny and , no , oh I do n't know I ca n't think of it |
| 18 | I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’ |
| 19 | I paid the woman at the cash desk and smiled at her . |
| 20 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 21 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 22 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
| 23 | What occurred after I left was related to me by the men of the village , when I paid the district a second visit some months later . |
| 24 | I paid the same price for the Les Paul Special . |
| 25 | I paid the woman next door a quid to look after Lee and Max , bought a roller and tray and a paste brush — another quid — borrowed a paste board , and at 8 a.m. skipped off to my first commission . |
| 26 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 27 | The nice young man could n't argue with that ; I paid the £25 extra and hurried out of the shop before he found a cheap white one . |
| 28 | I was always a rebel with many causes and I paid the price accordingly . |
| 29 | They had to go away to be analysed , and I went back to court and ended up getting a £150 fine or seven days in prison — I paid the fine . |
| 30 | I paid the driver and went inside , holding up my too-large trousers . |