Example sentences of "had to pay [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they eventually became man and wife , it was the ‘ quietest of quiet weddings ’ and they had to pay half-a-crown for two passers-by to act as witnesses . |
| 2 | And I used to use this flat because although I had to pay Dad a bit of rent , of course , it was quite low . |
| 3 | First , he was entitled to only six films and secondly the hire of them was not ‘ absolutely free ’ because he had to pay postage and packing . |
| 4 | There is therefore potential for such trusts to build up a stake in Newco for the benefit of employees on a much more tax-efficient basis than if employees themselves used their after-tax earnings to acquire shares and then had to pay income tax or capital gains tax when they disposed of them . |
| 5 | BT had to pay contest organisers 90 per cent of calls made . |
| 6 | No matter how inadequately , it was a working European operation , with a physical location , to which non-members had to pay regard . |
| 7 | In order to buy the oil off us , they had to pay sterling and so hence the demand for sterling goes up and suddenly we were viewed as a very rich economy . |
| 8 | The Customs Authorities allowed furniture and household goods in tax-free for the visitors ' stay , but they had to pay tax on all goods which they did not take with them when they left . |
| 9 | I thought that if it went into a joint account , I had to pay tax on half of three four four five . |
| 10 | Pensioner Frank Bevan , at a Press conference with Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn , said he had to pay tax on his war disability pension as it was classed as income . |
| 11 | George II welcomed victories in India or America , but the safety of his family possessions in Hanover came first in his mind , and Pitt had to pay attention to this problem . |
| 12 | In the distance I could hear something , something I had to pay attention to . |
| 13 | We had to pay transport costs for her to come to recording sessions |