There were many there that paid nothing because they had nothing.
Muchos había allí que nada pagaron porque nada tenían.
Everybody knows that his mines did not pay.
Todo el mundo sabe que sus minas no le eran provechosas.
(a) To pay attention to has two translations. Meaning to listen to it is poner atención, meaning to heed, act upon, mind it is hacer caso de.
They never paid any attention to him when he was talking to them.
Nunca le ponían atención cuando les hablaba.
She used to talk to his aunt without paying any attention to him.
Hablaba con su tía sin hacer caso de él.—PALACIO VALDÉS.