Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] pay for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Now he 's told her that she should pay for the new family car .
2 Therefore , an individual can be guilty of theft even though he had £1,000 in his purse and said on arrest that he would pay for the items shoplifted .
3 He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food .
4 ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’
5 If one of a pair of riding boots is damaged the other boot can not be used on its own and we should pay for the cost of a new pair .
6 We will pay for the journey and they will pay for the tests .
7 Her mother could look after the chickens , and he would pay for the children to go to school .
8 Forasmuch as Mr. William Lambarde hath deserved universally well of his Commonwealth and country , and likewise of the fellowship and society of this house , and is likely hereafter to win greater credit to himself and the society of this house , it is therefore agreed , that he shall have room to sit amongst the Society of the Fellowship of the Bench , as other assistants do , without paying for the same : Provided always that this be no precedent to any other that shall be called to the like place hereafter , but they shall pay for the said room such sums of money as shall be assessed by the Bench . "
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