Example sentences of "[vb past] buy it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the same guy that I 'd bought it for twe er for twenty off . |
| 2 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 3 | He had bought it for thirty pounds , enclosed it with a honey-coloured Cotswold stone wall , and planted a small but fine orchard , now at the height of its production . |
| 4 | He had bought it for less than seventeen thousand and had spent five thousand on it to date , expecting to sell it for at least forty . |
| 5 | The paper owner , the local council , had bought it for eventual use as a road , but had no immediate use for it . |
| 6 | When police approached Robert Francis , who was in possession of the caravan , he claimed he had bought it for £2,000 from a colleague . |