Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] pay for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm the one who 's sacrificed my life paying for the house and its repairs and its decoration , and all the rest of it … . ’ |
| 2 | The buyout team have mortgaged their possessions to pay for the company . |
| 3 | Social services are standing by their decision to pay for the 14-year old to stay at his grandparents ' villa , but refused to talk about the inquiry . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it 's not uncommon in the United States that families may , for example , have to sell their homes to pay for the medical treatment of a relative . |
| 5 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |
| 6 | Only a maniac , he said , would think that the wretched pittance of the industrious poor should be wrung out of their pockets to pay for the follies and profligate expenses of anyone . |
| 7 | The county council will have to ask colleges to bid for money on its behalf to pay for the vocational adult education courses it runs . |
| 8 | Welcome back : One of England 's longest established families is selling its silverware to pay for the upkeep of its country home . |
| 9 | Several aspects of the social circumstances of older people are important when discussing their ability to pay for the care they require . |
| 10 | He invited his clients to pay for the privilege of cutting his locks and raised £1,000 for the Chest Heart and Stroke Association . |
| 11 | Marlene had stolen his jacket when he went to the loo , he had just enough money in his trousers to pay for the meal . |
| 12 | In their world it is not the father of the bride who digs into his pocket to pay for the wedding . |
| 13 | Somehow , the châteaux owners have been able to persuade us that it is in our interest to pay for the wine before it has been bottled and to finance its cellar maturation , which in the case of the better wines takes from ten to fifteen or even twenty years . |
| 14 | They want to take our cows to pay for the war . |