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Who will be expected to pick up the bill then?

Then there was the question of who would pick up the bill, officials said.

So it makes sense to consider who will pick up the bill if something goes wrong.

These responsible companies cannot now be allowed to pick up the bill again.

The first ones to make a move lose the game, since it is they who pick up the bill.

Someone has to pick up the bill, and it's usually the taxpayer.

It is the local authorities that must pick up the bill for those problems.

If you're poor enough, Medicaid will pick up the bill.

So in the end the taxpayer will have to go on picking up the bill.

She picked up the bill and moved back toward the register where I saw her make a note.

He picked up the bill and placed it in a pocket.

When they were finished eating, Joe picked up the bill.

When we went shopping, you let me do the selecting and just picked up the bill.

Many men I know like to pick up the bill; it makes them feel powerful and masculine.

This time, I picked up the bill, with my own small shudder at the end of the night.

Iron Mountain has not stepped forward to pick up the bill.

It's invariably the next generation that has to pick up the bill.

You're lucky that the private sector is picking up the bill.

Assuming China will pick up the bill would amount to yet another policy mistake.

They invited all the athletes to a party tonight at a local club and picked up the bill.

Don't forget to pick up the bills you get in change.

Canadians choose their doctors and the Government picks up the bill.

One option is for taxpayers to pick up the bill, in the form of government subsidies.

If they do not ultimately make these payments, the American taxpayer will pick up the bill.

Now Crandall would like us to pick up the bill for his "transition plan."

After 21, the county and state pick up the tab.

You should not have to pick up the tab in California.

Then pick up the tab, and you will understand why.

So much for his offer to pick up the tab.

Otherwise, the Government may have to pick up the tab.

I take them to lunch and, of course, we always pick up the tab.

The state can then pick up the tab for my mothers care.

This was done by simply picking up the tab in the air.

"I still hate to have a woman pick up the tab for me."

So the question is, how much gets written off, and who picks up the tab?

The state no longer picks up the tab for medicine.

But nobody else was willing to pick up the tab.

It is the general economy that picks up the tab.

Also, it had to be fun, and somebody who did or was doing something wrong should pick up the tab.

Your money is no good here; taxpayers pick up the tab.

After all they have done for us, we would be obliged to pick up the tab.

So the federal government has an obligation to help us to pick up the tab.

The people deserve that since we have to pick up the tab.

The Government picks up the tab for those on welfare.

They should not be called upon to pick up the tab."

This time around, the men responsible are picking up the tab.

"And after I paid him, he still made me pick up the tab."

Someone should dash in and pick up the tab so that work can continue.

"Yeah, they might pick up the tab, but you still have to hang out with them."

If a trip is really for public business, the government ought to pick up the tab.