Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] pay [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was paid a few pence , and very welcome it was too . |
| 2 | The top model turned stuntwoman to film Coca-Cola 's latest Diet Coke commercial , for which she was paid a sparkling £1.8 million . |
| 3 | She was paid a few shillings to cover funerals , weddings and jumble sales at weekends . |
| 4 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 5 | Oh I think they said they were paying a hundred and ninety nine |
| 6 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 7 | " You 'll be better off investing in OTC stocks , " Harvard dealers urged ; they were paid a higher commission on OTC than on third market sales . |
| 8 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 9 | Erm Harrogate er is a borough that 's enjoyed an enormous er growth in prosperity and economic activity during the erm exciting er yuppie years of Mrs Thatcher the mid eighties and erm er was indeed one of the I think one of the most wealthy boroughs , one of the highest economic activity rate levels , the Civic Society tell us in their papers it was paying the highest rates and all these sort of indicators , but with as so much of that period it turned out to be er a bubble and a chimera and er the borough has experienced some very severe erm er closures in recent years . |
| 10 | A storm erupted when he was payed a reputed £2,250,000 for what amounted to a cameo appearance in Superman the Movie in 1979 . |
| 11 | Even the Treasury thought he was paying a ridiculous price , but that was up to him . |
| 12 | After being allowed home , he was paid a daily visit by a nurse who , in an act of selfless devotion worthy of Florence Nightingale herself , changed his bandages . |
| 13 | Although he was paid a handsome salary by GE to be a morale booster and public relations spokesman , it should not be assumed that his role was merely that of a glad hander , a retired film star capitalizing on a fading reputation . |
| 14 | While Holroyd Smith and Cornelius Quin took care of the electrical side of operations , John Lancaster managed the day-to-day running of the tramway , for which he was paid the princely sum of £1–15 shillings a week . |
| 15 | Half a century after his death he was paid the unusual tribute of becoming the subject of a feature film . |
| 16 | He was paid an annual sum by the British and tried any cases where there was a problem between them and the Portuguese . |