11.   Had we hired an architect, we would have paid thousands more.

12.   He had also been sued for not paying thousands of dollars of loans, car-lease payments and restitution for selling a stolen trailer.

13.   He said universities should not unilaterally limit resources for students who pay thousands of dollars a year in tuition.

14.   Her payments to the church fell sharply, but within a month she had resumed paying thousands of dollars a week for courses.

15.   In affidavits, the three alleged that a representative for Black paid them thousands of dollars while they were playing for the Gators.

16.   In all, he paid thousands of dollars in fines within hours.

17.   It also alleges that Edwards paid thousands of dollars to a Mississippi man to illegally wiretap the telephones of FBI agents working on the case.

18.   It is not uncommon for elderly patients to pay thousands of dollars a year for drugs.

19.   Jazz fans would pay thousands to see a Billie Holliday-Cassandra Wilson marquee.

20.   Later this summer, she will fly to Europe to participate in a series of meets that pays thousands of dollars to the winners.