Sentence examples for written a cheque for from inspiring English sources

Cowell greeted the Stoens on the Oprah stage yesterday and told them he had written a cheque for 162,000 dollars (£80,000) to pay off their mortgage.

"If you're writing a cheque for someone, the transaction is quite cold," observes Yarker.

So for many Americans abroad writing a cheque for $450, the standard expatriation fee, may increasingly seem like a bargain.

His wealth is routinely reported to be anywhere between £25m and £45m; could he not write a cheque for £130,000?

The Usmanov issue The complaint Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek billionaire, has volunteered to write a cheque for £100m for players, while garnering less than 30 per cent of the club.

There will be no equity injection into the club, despite Usmanov's offer to write a cheque for £100m if the funds are invested in the team.

George Osborne's plan carries the strong whiff of a bung to those people able to write a cheque for a few thousand quid at short notice.

Even so, the taxman inevitably cometh, and Link says the estate will be "writing a cheque for a whole lot of money".

Barclays' new chairman, Sir David Walker, who is writing a cheque for £17m to cover the costs of the review, described its contents as "uncomfortable reading at times".

He will be questioned by police after writing a cheque for £1,500 towards the cost of 58-year-old Raymond Cutkelvin's procedure at Dignitas.

Sources close to the funding issue said they did not expect the DfT or Treasury to "write a cheque for over £1bn".