Example sentences of "bought a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement in April 1981 that SLOA had bought a rake of eight Pullman cars , mounted on 100mph Commonwealth bogies and fitted with dual steam/electric heating , seemed to be the answer to a prayer . |
| 2 | BITBURGER , one of Germany 's biggest brewers , has bought a second brewery in East Germany and may sell its jet-black beer in Britain in 1992 . |
| 3 | Earlier this year , Thorn EMI paid £187m to US-based SBK for a large catalogue of songs , and subsequently also bought a half share in Chrysalis Records in the UK . |
| 4 | Those who sold their diesels after 50,000 miles or so might just as well have bought a petrol vehicle . |
| 5 | He stands by what he said , and , sadly , many of his criticisms are still valid : the team have still not bought a video camera despite a large injection of cash from the Sports Council and no one could say that the preparation training for the world championships — one weekend in the Kendal Judo Club — has been anything but derisory . |
| 6 | But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling . |
| 7 | He had bought a second-hand paperback about nineteenth-century English railway navvies . |
| 8 | He or she can go to seed having bought a mansion and put a million pounds in the bank . |
| 9 | She had bought a silk tie for Moran , blouses and deep plum-coloured sweaters for the girls , a pair of white football boots for Michael . |
| 10 | I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend . |
| 11 | News that an investor has bought a significant stake in any company is likely to lift that company 's share price . |
| 12 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 13 | It is debatable whether Sky for its part has bought a pig in a poke . |
| 14 | ROSEHAUGH shares jumped 5per cent to 494p yesterday on news that BPC Associates , a partnership affiliated with JMB Realty of Chicago , had bought a near 5 per cent stake . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just bought a flat . ’ |
| 16 | My Mum has it — I do n't think she 's ever bought a cassette before . |
| 17 | Daimler-Benz , for example , has bought a large site on Potsdamer Platz , in the heart of the new Berlin . |
| 18 | It has already bought a component distributor in Canada and is starting one in Virginia . |
| 19 | It has bought a dud Utah thrift , MountainWest , which was already a Visa card-issuer . |
| 20 | For FFr100m ( $17.5m ) , American Express has bought a 2% stake in Club Méditerranée , a French group that ranks third among European tour operators , and runs holiday villages in exotic places . |
| 21 | She felt she ought to have bought a card . |
| 22 | He was bought a few drinks by workmates then took off on his own , round various bars , to finish the job properly . |
| 23 | The night before his death I had bought a big bunch of red carnations to put in my room with the lighted candles we were now writing by , to please Dana . |
| 24 | Bought a pot of Grindlewood goosegog jam at the gift shop and went back to the car . |
| 25 | ‘ Mum , Jamie 's dad has bought a retired Greyhound . |
| 26 | We have recently bought a Golden Retriever puppy bitch . |
| 27 | If you have bought a booklet on calorie values ( or fats or fibres ) pick a typical day 's eating during this preparation phase and work out the total value for that day . |
| 28 | He had bought a large map representing the sea , |
| 29 | Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room . |
| 30 | The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings , spanning centuries and price ranges . |