Example Sentences

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According to the Guardian, he paid the tax he had owed, as well as a 30% penalty, with the total settlement amounting to £4.8m.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023

Zahawi paid the back tax he had owed, as well as a 30 percent penalty, with the total settlement amounting to $6 million, the newspaper reported.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023

The terms of the sale required the government to keep the purchase price and the buyer secret, but the sale satisfied the balance that Mr. Shkreli had owed the government, according to the news release.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2021

The appeal ruling said the victim’s father allegedly had owed Bennett money.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2020

The day after the death of Aureliano Segundo, one of the friends who had brought the wreath with the irreverent inscription offered to pay Fernanda some money that he had owed her husband.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez