Example sentences of "bought [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’ |
| 2 | He has bought me a drink . |
| 3 | Jean 's bought me a tin of biscuits and a tin of of tin of biscuits so there 's ample biscuits . |
| 4 | She had bought me a hardback . |
| 5 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 6 | So I said : ‘ My dad 's bought me a horse , |
| 7 | He 's bought me a record-player and records and all the things on the huge shopping-list I gave him . |
| 8 | And she 'd have bought me a practice . |
| 9 | and because she was in Mustique and had n't bought me a birthday present she made sure that there were two Gardenia plants at the party that night she bought me . |
| 10 | No , no , he 's just bought me a car now |
| 11 | the swing and I 've bought them a couple of wooden puzzles where you pick the bits up so , I thought well then I 'll call it a day there , and that 'll be that |
| 12 | Or have you bought someone a present and then spent ages trying to cover up the price printed on the packaging ? |
| 13 | ‘ Anyhow , Grandfather had been down to John Adrich 's at the bottom of the hill and he 'd bought himself a grin'stone for sharpening tools . |
| 14 | He has bought himself a couple of Hunters and he plans to do some show jumping of all things . |
| 15 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 16 | ( They were eventually to get another dog — a very lively golden retriever , but before that Warnie had bought himself a boat . ) |
| 17 | ‘ Connelly 's just bought himself a warehouse down by the docks . ’ |
| 18 | But he had small taste for the bagging beer and wished to have bought himself a wine . |
| 19 | At the start of the decade the 2-Tone bands were keeping everybody up to scratch about racism , and by the end of it a member of Duran Duran had bought himself a house in South Africa . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've bought you a safety seat and fitted it in the back . ’ |
| 21 | and a cable tidy , that sounds quite good , these are half price things for ten days only There 's a remote control colour television for one thirty nine , ninety nine , save fifty pounds they 've got the dear tapes here look , erm six and a half hours video tapes , recommended price seven ninety nine can get for three ninety nine and there 's another one here three pack , twelve hours video tape for six ninety nine must end Saturday November the twenty ninth , oh perhaps I 'll buy you one of those , oh I have bought you a birthday present have n't I ? |
| 22 | But the bank wo n't crash merely because I 've bought you a cup of tea and a few Carnival cakes . ’ |
| 23 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 24 | I think I would have bought something a bit more substantial at it , I mean , if you 've that amount of money , they must have a fair amount of money |
| 25 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 26 | Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand . |
| 27 | She told Anne that the man , Ronald , had sent a taxi to take her to the dance and had bought her a casket of chocolates as they went in , but she had felt uneasy several times during the evening . |
| 28 | I had bought her a watch for a present . |
| 29 | I know it 's good in it ? but erm , bought her , I 've bought her a Ghost video . |
| 30 | ‘ I did not know that you had bought her a ring today , until we came back , ’ she said . |