Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] pay the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 2 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 3 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Half a century after his death he was paid the unusual tribute of becoming the subject of a feature film . |