Sentence examples for took payment from inspiring English sources

"I used to tend to farmers' animals, and I took payment in Mangalitsa belly," he said.

When released, they took payment from the media for interviews in which they alleged ill treatment.

The film Vera Drake tries to imply that the heroine was acting on principle, and never took payment.

Mr. Bowers, who says he personally "prefers the sexual company of women," says he never took payment for connecting people like Arnaz with bedroom partners.

She never took payment for her performances at schools, preferring instead to receive donations of wool, which she knitted into children's jumpers for Oxfam.

Tchenguiz took payment in part in shares, becoming a major investor and board member at Exista, which owned 23% of Kaupthing.

And a separate allegation is that police officers took payments.

She said they had told her that they also took payments from Martelly's people.

Investigators are also looking into whether Public Warehousing improperly took payments from the food companies.

It is not clear whether any of those 6 are among the 15 who Mr. Dunlop says took payments.

Another took payments from bonding companies as well as from food and maintenance contractors at the jail.