Sentence examples for had forked out from inspiring English sources

Some fans had forked out for travel and hotels in order to make the event.

A spokesperson for Dappy declined to comment on whether management had forked out to prevent the action.

"He had forked out an extra £1,500 to get bumped up into first class, only to be told there wasn't a first-class meal left," I'm told.

Quite frankly, if I had forked out £70-plus for a ticket, along with the added expense of travel, accommodation, food and drink, I would be asking the International Rugby Board's Referee Benevolent Society for a refund.

At its event this week, Google said it had paid developers $5 billion to produce code in the past 12 months two and half times the amount it had forked out in the preceding 12-month period.

In France, 103 expectant parents, all of whom had forked out between R25,000 and R50,000 (about £1,750 to £3,500) to Zoe's Ark, did not receive the little Sudanese orphan that had been promised them.

The Libyan government has forked out many millions in compensation.

So far more than 20 prospective customers have forked out $250,000 deposits for the $80m aircraft.

For the privilege of hosting NYU, Abu Dhabi has forked out an initial donation of $50m and paid for the campus.

Pittsburgh-based PNC has forked out $3.5 billion for Royal Bank of Canada's network of branches in six southeastern states.

That means that New York taxpayers have forked out hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries to 62 idle senators.