Sentence examples for be given a check from inspiring English sources

Students in schools that consistently did poorly would be given a check, or voucher, by the federal government that they could use to attend a private school.

Milton Friedman, the libertarian Nobel laureate economist, proposed a version of this idea called a "negative income tax," in which every household would be given a check for a set amount, such that some people actually had a negative tax burden.

Panhandle arranged with a Gale McCoy to haul the hay and he was given a check for the first load.

Matsui was given a check for 500,000 yen (about $5,000) as the game's most valuable player.

Ms. Fellows would see little of the money: When she turned 21 and requested her earnings — estimated at more than $100,000 — she was given a check for $900.60.

At what had been billed as a food-industry promotional dinner at San Domenico, on Central Park South, Mr. Lomonaco was given a check for 10,480 euros ($9,193).

If he hasn't been given a check, Mr. Lydon deserves one: for the past few weeks, he has been the best publicist the hall could ask for.

These places were faked cloakrooms, and the person was given a check at each one so that the people believed that they would get their things back.

The man who made the draperies delivered them himself & was given a check for $200,000, but lost the whole thing at the tables.

Mathematics- Imagine that you have been given a check for $1 million, and you have decided to spend it by flying around the world to ring in the New Year in as many places as possible on New Year's Eve.

Capers told the police he received a call from McPherson on Nov. 18 saying that McPherson had been given a check from a Florida State booster and that he wanted him to cash it, to avoid having his name linked to it.