Examples of 'were paying' in a sentence

Meaning of "were paying"

were paying - This phrase is used to indicate that someone or a group of people were making a payment for goods or services in the past. It implies that a financial transaction occurred in the past

How to use "were paying" in a sentence

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were paying
They were paying her to have their baby.
I did not know you were paying any attention.
They were paying me so they could walk away.
They thought they were paying for a bribe.
You were paying me for that whole conversation.
But too many people were paying attention.
If you were paying to stay in some country inn.
And you thought you were paying attention.
People were paying attention to racing in this country.
I wanted to be sure that you were paying attention.
And they were paying nine bucks an hour.
You put it down when you were paying.
Thought you were paying your phone bill.
A car like that passed us while we were paying.
I see you were paying attention as well.

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It would not matter if you were paying me or not.
I thought they were paying to see us in a state of undress.
I was just seeing if you guys were paying attention.
But you were paying for her studies.
I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.
What they were paying you at your firm.
The reason is that you were paying off.
They were paying attention and seemed to enjoy it.
Just making sure you were paying attention.
They were paying me to direct tourists away.
You sound like they were paying you.
My parents were paying my tuition and were not pleased.
This is how little my children were paying attention.
We were paying for almost everything out of pocket.
I thought they were paying off the cops.
I asked them how much they were paying.
Perhaps you were paying her for favours.
I wanted to see what my taxes were paying for.
I heard you were paying us another call.
That was a test to see if people were paying attention.
They were paying national insurance contributions.
I was just trying to see if you were paying attention.
They were paying the price of the occupation.
I was also doing personal appearances that were paying well.
You said you were paying for everthing.
They arranged a payment plan and were paying.
I thought you were paying for everything.
I would not have ordered them if you were paying.
I did not think you were paying attention to anything.
You were paying us on a weekly basis all these years.
But they say it as if they were paying me a compliment.
They were paying cash for the home.
The younger employees were paying their dues.
You were paying the ransom to yourself.
At least not enough people were paying attention.

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