You subscribe to a newspaper. You're checking the mail, and there's a letter warning you that you have to pay for your subscription again soon. You say to your husband:
Our subscription to the Times is coming up for renewal.
bills, future, newspaper, subscription Your wife played a trick on you by saying that she hadn't paid your mortgage, when in fact she had. You really believed that she hadn't paid it, and you were worried. After she tells you the truth, you laugh and say:
You had me there for a second.
There's a loan payment that you have to pay before a certain date. You sent your payment for the bill, but you're not sure that the bank received it yet. So you call the bank to confirm. You start the phone conversation by saying:
Yes, I just wanted to verify that my payment has been received?
You're talking to your friend about how much you use text messaging on your phone. Your phone bill is always high, but your last bill was higher than normal. You tell your friend:
My phone bill was even higher than usual this month.
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