Example sentences of "[n mass] pay for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The £9,500 paid for the stallion was far beyond the previous record for a Clydesdale . |
| 2 | I mean the trouble with group selectionistic thinking is you , you completely discount the costs that some people pay for the benefits of others and so oh well , you know everybody benefits from mothers erm having children and sacrificing themselves to their offspring . |
| 3 | To help them expand the herd further , the Russells now operate a ‘ Sponsor A Pig ’ scheme on their farm to enable people to pay for the upkeep of a chosen pig . |
| 4 | But they now have to find the £330,000 to pay for the building . |
| 5 | All of the contradiction comes because when the citizens charter was announced and the Prime Minister increased the costs of the Cabinet Office by £800,000 to pay for the work to be done on it , bringing the cost of the Cabinet Office to £22.5 million , it was announced that the PA consultancy report had been commissioned . |
| 6 | He sold a Holbein masterpiece earlier this year for £10million to pay for the upkeep of his estate . |
| 7 | The Davies admit they will never be able to truly thank the American doctors — or the people who helped raise £350,000 to pay for the transplant finally made possible by a £150,000 gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia . |