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She said she shelled out $850 to a private firm that guaranteed it could help her pass her U. S. licensing exam for nurses, but she failed.

One thousand forty dollars: That's how much Thomas Weller shelled out to keep his gas tank full in July.

Hull's campaign had shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars to run television commercials and internet ads.

If you've already shelled out for an antipodean airfare, then you'll want to keep other costs down, including car hire.

Only after the World Bank threatened to suspend its whole Cambodia programme did the government pay back money the bank had shelled out.

He shelled out $200 for a device that measures his energy use, and he installed it himself.

Five years ago Rupert Murdoch was hailed as a visionary when he shelled out $580 million for MySpace.

Heck, Google just shelled out $12. 5 billion for Motorola Mobility to go a little vertical themselves to compete.

Microsoft shelled out a lot of cash for Skype. Here's what they'll get in return.

He secretly shelled out some information on the company to them.

But tell that to the poor CIO who just shelled out six figures to buy another rack of servers.

Weeks later I shelled out $60 for Texas-made shoes for our toddler daughter.

They shelled out about $250 on food, just over $100 on shopping, $53 on transport and $45 on shows and sightseeing.

Before long, Meeks had shelled out more than $25, 000in legal fees.

A year ago, he shelled out about $40, 000 during training camp to feed teammates every day in Honolulu -- morning, noon and night.

The bidding consortium shelled out $4. 5bn for more than 6, 000 patents.

Americans shelled out tens of millions of dollars last year on various devices to firm up their flabby midriffs.

The companies shelled out almost $250 million in 2007 for consulting, about 62 percent of which went to only 41 orthopedic surgeons.

he ' s already shelled out too much