Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to pay for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1897 the Royal Navy conducted a punitive expedition against Benin ( in what is now Nigeria ) and brought back to Britain a large number of bronze castings which were sold to pay for the raid . |
| 2 | For the peasantry , the terms of Emancipation , under which they were compelled to pay for the land , were a bitter disappointment . |
| 3 | In the name of self-help , the Masai were asked to pay for the waterworks by selling cattle . |
| 4 | Hence between 300 and 600 Taka were required to pay for the full treatment . |
| 5 | Shell manufacture in Blundell Street car shed during the First World War : 200,000 shells were produced here , largely by female labour , yielding a profit to the Town of £16,000 , which was used to pay for the erection of the Cenotaph war memorial on Princess Parade . |
| 6 | The jury awarded him the libel raspberry — a halfpenny — so he was forced to pay for the whole action . |
| 7 | They refused to open the gate , and became aggressive , so I was forced to pay for the extra hours parking . |