Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] paid " in BNC.
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| 1 | And were you paid at six months or were paid every |
| 2 | considered it to be irrecoverable where the money was paid to close the transaction or was paid under a mistake of law . |
| 3 | In 1917 women were allowed to drive trams , and were paid 5¾d per hour , the same rate as the men ! |
| 4 | They bought their own tools and powder , and were paid by the number of slates they made . |
| 5 | In our study , gender was taken account of in the selection of workshops : we studied workshops with men only , with women only , workshops where men and women did the same work and were paid at the same rate , and those where the sexes did different jobs and men were paid more than women . |
| 6 | In most cases , prisoners worked in their groups of five , and were paid ( or not ) according to how well the group performed . |
| 7 | Very briefly , they discovered that public sector boards were smaller on average , had more part-time members , had a broader membership background ; members had a shorter length of service , held fewer outside appointments and were paid less than private sector boards . |
| 8 | And Parker ( 1990 ) points out : ‘ The costs to informal carers of caring for dependent people can include economic , physical , emotional and opportunity costs : loss and reduction of employment ; reduced income ; increased expenditure ; restricted family and social life and physical and emotional strain' : where families had a severely disabled child , mothers ’ participation in the labour market was lower , they worked fewer hours and were paid less . |
| 9 | These were employees of the mine and were paid 2/4 a ton , and it was hard earned , with hand filling and unloading . |
| 10 | Moreover these inadequate wages were often months in arrears , and were paid , at least in the earlier years of the century , not in cash but in tickets which could be cashed only at the Navy Office in London . |
| 11 | In essence then , subjects were asked to manage a competitive firm facing spot price uncertainty for a total of eight periods , and were paid their average realized profit from so doing . |
| 12 | However , the most important sources available to later northern writers were the poems attributed to the professional skalds who visited princely courts and were paid to celebrate the achievements of patrons like Cnut , King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway ( St Olaf ) and Earl Eric of Lade . |
| 13 | Barry Stewart , prosecuting , said Coulson and Davison were concerned with arranging the ringing while the others stole cars for them and were paid £200 for each vehicle . |
| 14 | Ursula was expected to do all the housework , look after the baby of the family and was paid 2/6d a week . |
| 15 | Sigarup was chosen as one of the village representatives and was paid twenty rupees for each of the five days that he attended the course . |
| 16 | Just because he went to Hollywood and was paid a lot of money does n't mean he was wasting his talent . |
| 17 | The other worked as a ‘ runner ’ or delivery man , for a large dealer and was paid out in heroin to the tune of 2 grams a day which he began to consume . |
| 18 | The poor rate was the largest direct tax paid by most rate payers at a time when income tax was levied only on incomes above £150 p.a. and was paid by all householders , many of them themselves poor . |
| 19 | Such a plan was vital because , up to now , the Community budget had been small and was paid for by national contributions . |
| 20 | He goes on to state that the great coat charity is alive and is charged to Holborough Court Estate and was paid until his death by William Lee Esq . |
| 21 | An additional irony at the very end of this fabliau resides in the claim that Boivin himself " made " this fabliau , and was paid ten sous by the provost for it . |
| 22 | The levy was deducted from the price paid by the commission on its own purchases and was paid by owners when they sold land privately . |
| 23 | But two weeks ago he signed this contract with the Sun and was paid five thousand pounds . |
| 24 | Accordionist Tommy Edmondson , 58 , of Rothbury , Northumberland , has received £100 for the signature tune of the BBC children 's cartoon Captain Pugwash , which he recorded 40 years ago and was paid £2 . |
| 25 | She had to pay her own air fare , but was given free board and lodgings at the school where she worked , and was paid a grand total of £5 a month expenses ! |
| 26 | At their small home she worked nineteen hours a day , seven days a week , and was paid seventy five pounds a month . |
| 27 | The continued need for economy was reflected by their rejection of the chaplain 's request for three dozen copies of the hymns for the Coronation Service , and the carpenter , the bricklayer and the engineer were granted two days ' extra holiday ( but were paid for one day only ) . |
| 28 | Compared with the older production system , this new process , in which workers owned no machinery but were paid wages , was able to produce more and at a cheaper price . |
| 29 | She refused to sign , but was paid the settlement anyway . |