Sentence examples for got an allowance from inspiring English sources

From my father, my mother got an allowance, an amount that always remained a secret.

I got an allowance, by making my bed and mowing the lawn and being a good kid.

As a teenager, he got an allowance for taking out the trash, raking leaves and shoveling snow.

Judy Garrison, 63, a store manager in Andes, N.Y., remembers her late mother as "a typical 1950s housewife" who got an allowance from her husband, a C.P.A.

Pre-service teachers got an allowance of €40 for their participation.

Back then, the Soap and Detergent Association got an allowance for up to 8.7% phosphate content in dishwasher detergent in state legislation covering laundry detergent, based on its claim that phosphates were needed to clean dishes that had been used for starchy foods, like macaroni and cheese.

If you don't get an allowance, or are not allowed to earn a higher allowance, consider saving lunch money.

Calfee: You get an allowance?

Apparently, they spend as if they still get an allowance.

Employees get an allowance to spend on medical expenses.

"I don't even get an allowance," Sewell said.