Sentence examples for took a cheque from inspiring English sources

But just as it took a cheque for £35million to persuade Ashley to part with striker Andy Carroll in January 2011, so too will it require a similarly outrageous offer this time around.

Beyoncé's condition was so bad that earlier this year she took a cheque for $2m to sing at a party, and the cheque was signed by Gaddafi's son Hannibal.

Yes, I'll take a cheque".

They wouldn't take a cheque; they could hardly be fagged to discuss it.

But Mr Brown's leadership campaign team had already refused to take a cheque from her for 5,000.

This is just the beginning of how we want to transform the 'cheque clearing cycle' for our customers, driving down the six days it currently takes a cheque to clear".

It's wrecked, with a giant hole, not covered by the metal thing he has told me to stick on, and it costs my companion (no, they won't take a cheque, or a bank transfer, or a day's delay) £400, on top of dinner.

The winner, UCLA student CJ Heyliger, took home a cheque for $5,000.

But taking a fat cheque can be a dangerous game, as such forgotten past Oscar winners as Adrien Brody may attest.

And I said to myself then, 'I've gotta get back into this.' Forget about taking a pay cheque to play a villain, I've done it.

A radio report of the work of the mobile bakery persuaded Eno's partner, Anthea Norman-toylor, takeake a £2,000 cheque to War Child's office.