Example sentences of "[pers pn] pay [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Alighting hesitantly , she cast anxious eyes around her , wondering just where her hotel was , as she paid him the exact amount on the meter , feeling strangely guilty as she refrained from adding a tip in accordance with the multi-lingual notice in the cab .
2 His face serious , he pleaded softly , ‘ Ca n't you pay me the same compliment , Hilary ?
3 We paid him the other day .
4 It will be made out to us and we pay you the following week .
5 ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time .
6 I went to Newark and got a job at , a ball bearing factory , and er they paid me the handsome wage of er two pounds sixteen for forty seven hours .
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