"Some guys earn their stripes as the season goes on."

"Me and two or three other guys earned the bodies out back."

I was a captain's pick, and the other guys earned their way onto the team.

You don't have any guys earning a million dollars a year.

"Could you guys earn your pay, and actually secure him?"

"Our guys have earned the right," Frank said of the rest being given to the starters.

These guys have earned everything that has come their way.

"A guy earns his reputation and respect on the field," he said.

But these guys earned their jobs six, seven years ago.

The guys who'd done the windows and doors had earned all that extra pay for getting it right.