Sentence examples for paid something for from inspiring English sources

Finally, someone had paid something for the life of his brother, whose head was never found.

"We deserve to be paid something for what happened to us".

In Pakistan in 2004, only 5% of users of government health services reported paying directly to a service worker; however, nearly all paid something for the visit, including 65% who paid for medicines outside the facility and 5% who paid for medicines inside the facility.

Payments at government clinics have decreased significantly overall since 2000 for both male and female health service users: only 2% (57/3432) of users of government clinics in 2007 claimed they paid something for their service on their last visit, fewer than in 2000 (26% 1159/5571) and 2004 (7% 201/4313) (χ trend 928.49, p=0.00000).

"I am willing to pay something for my wife".

"I had to pay something for this place".

Polluters should pay something for the damage caused by their pollution.

Someone would probably pay something for that, not that he'd sell it.

In the United States, China and many other places, farmers probably have to pay something for the right to draw groundwater.

Even the poorest people pay something for their food, and few people argue that they shouldn't.

"If you were watching 'Antiques Roadshow,' and you wonder why somebody would pay something for such a small item -- it's valuable to someone".