Examples of 'paid a penny' in a sentence

Meaning of "paid a penny"

paid a penny - This phrase indicates that someone has made a payment, often specifying that it was a small amount or referring to the idiom 'a penny for your thoughts,' meaning to pay for someone's opinion or input

How to use "paid a penny" in a sentence

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paid a penny
We have not been paid a penny in weeks.
Most other countries would not have paid a penny.
No one gets paid a penny for their work.
Nobody connected with it is paid a penny.
He never paid a penny of child support.
They do it in their spare time and do not get paid a penny more.
They have not paid a penny of it to the bank.
Instead of an hourly wage, you get paid a penny a peach.
I have not been paid a penny since hooking up with you.
Behaving like a landlady, and she has not paid a penny.
You have not paid a penny in tax on your fee.
My ex-husband has been in prison and never paid a penny of child support.
Then he paid a penny for the gum and we left.
I have never paid a penny.
He has not paid a penny of child maintenance for three months.

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The deal specified that he would be paid a penny for each death listed.
He has not paid a penny at all for maintenance in three months.
I have not paid a penny.
I paid a penny for a Mass for you, I did.
The school was subscription based and pupils paid a penny a day toward their education.
Writers were paid a penny a word, so hey had to write a lot to make money.
I have never requested or been paid a penny for my work ;.
No . He has not paid a penny of child maintenance for three months.
It 's been more than a year you have not paid a penny of the rent.
Do not! He has not paid a penny of pension in three months.
Why should not he? We have not been paid a penny in weeks.
But no-one gets paid a penny - we do it because we love the place.
It turned out that he took fuel from Čepro, and had not paid a penny in taxes.
Those workers get paid a penny or two for each piece.
I would like to categorically state that Julia 's House has not paid a penny to Weymouth FC.
I was only a daily fetchit paid a penny to clear the gutter at Street.
All thirty-seven guests came. Each paid a penny.
I hadn't paid a penny the whole time, despite having a wad of cash in my wallet.
At the beach, I was paid a penny every week.
I never paid a penny for any of it . Every evening . Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Schubert.
These books, I understand you paid a penny for them.
He has not paid a penny at all for maintenance in three months . No!
And I guess I should not be surprised, but Jason has not paid a penny in child support, either.
You have not paid a penny months ago - Really?
Go on. - Our Mr Case isn't getting paid a penny.
In 30 years Blairmore has never paid a penny of tax in the UK on its profits.
No. He hasn't paid a penny of child maintenance for three months. No.
How could I? I haven't been paid a penny since hooking up with you.

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