Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] pay for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll pay for the call of course . ’ |
| 2 | I 'll pay for the tape . |
| 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 | But I told them they did n't want to worry , I would pay for the grin'stone . |
| 5 | I will pay for the copy , postage and effort ! |
| 6 | ‘ I can pay for the damage if ever so bad . |
| 7 | ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’ |
| 8 | With Chosen Heritage you can pay for the funeral now at today 's prices then stop worrying about the increasing costs . ’ |
| 9 | you can pay for the M O T |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In nineteen eighty nine , Mrs Margaret Thatcher said , I do not see why we should pay for the education of conflict . |
| 12 | We shall pay for the borrowing by borrowing — that is the normal way in which one pays for it . |
| 13 | We will pay for the journey and they will pay for the tests . |
| 14 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 15 | Many developing nations argue that since the industrialized countries are the world 's main polluters , they should pay for improvements in the global environment ; and since they are rich , they should pay for the transfers of technology necessary for the developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , stop deforestation and carry out other changes . |
| 16 | They will pay their Poll Tax , they 'll pay for their electricity , they 'll pay for their water , they 'll pay for the sewage disposal and , what is more , they will pay rent . |
| 17 | Whenever motorists used a particular section of road they would pay for the upkeep of the road and for the congestion they caused . |
| 18 | We will pay for the journey and they will pay for the tests . |
| 19 | ‘ They can pay for the lorries out of that . ’ |
| 20 | She would have to have some money to support it , and it was only right he should pay for the pleasure he 'd had . |
| 21 | But now he was going into space , and when he had made his fortune he would pay for the whole of Mali to be irrigated so it was as green as France . |
| 22 | Her mother could look after the chickens , and he would pay for the children to go to school . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | After all , if the Queen won the jackpot 60 times , it would pay for the Windsor Castle restorations . |