Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [noun] for [n mass] million " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in 1988 , the management consortium sold the company to Volvo of Sweden for £15 million claiming that the business had been restructured during the previous two years , but that the ‘ key to success in this business is to be a world player ’ . |
| 2 | Pittencrieff also announced yesterday it was buying Francis Communications Corporation in El Paso , Texas , for $6.65 million , and some oil and gas reserves in Texas from Exxon for $3.75 million . |
| 3 | Bowe originally hoped to fight George Foreman in China for £20 million but as well as Bruno , Larry Holmes is also on his list of potential opponents . |
| 4 | For example , the Brazilian firm Gradiente Electronica bought the ( near bankrupt ) British firm Garrard from Plessey for $2 million in 1979 . |
| 5 | Only last summer Sergei Aleinikov moved from Dynamo Minsk to join Alexander Zavarov at Juventus for £1.75 million . |
| 6 | Shearer , who became British football 's most expensive player when he moved from Southampton to Blackburn for £3.4 million at the start of the season , has played only 30 minutes since Boxing Day . |