Example sentences of "i have bought a " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I 'd bought a TV from the man in the chip shop , and as the black-and-white box heated up it stank of grease and fish , but late at night I heard of cults and experiments in living , in California . |
3 | In despair , I told my husband I 'd bought a book on how to cure children 's sleep problems . |
4 | I 'd bought a special bottle of wine . |
5 | I remember , again a few years ago , visiting India and buying one or two beautifully carved tables , which had obviously been carved by an individual spending quite a lot of time doing it , and I was impressed at that stage , rather naively perhaps , that if in fact I 'd bought a plain table , an uncarved one , it would have cost me about ten times as much , for the simple reason that that would require a milling machine which was not normally available , and such was the erm economy that it was cheaper for people to do this . |
6 | I had bought a pair of trousers and a T-shirt when I had been shopping with a friend . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | That day I had bought a fern , a modest enough plant but with bright , shiny leaves and an indestructible appearance . |
9 | What sent me into a fear-filled frenzy was the news — hidden somewhere between a report on the seasonal suicide rate and an article on bogus Santas — that I had bought a ride-on fire engine for my baby son that had a dangerous fault and should be returned to the manufacturers immediately . |
10 | Mr Lamont said in The Times that he was forced to leave a meeting with Jacques Delors in Brussels last Friday ‘ to answer questions about whether I had bought a bottle of wine in Paddington ’ . |
11 | My wife and I had bought a home and we were ready to settle down into a comfortable middle-aged , middle-class rut . |
12 | If I had bought a hammer or a chisel |
13 | It was a long time since I had bought a card to celebrate the arrival of a new baby . |
14 | At one time I had bought a chalet just outside Interlaken . |
15 | I should mention that I had bought a few items of clothing that morning , before the trial began . |
16 | Think of the upset you may cause by saying , ‘ I 've bought a present for Barbara . |
17 | I 've bought a ducky little suit and matching hat . |
18 | And by the way , I 've bought a marvellous young hunter from old Devlin . |
19 | Since I 've been over in England I 've bought a lot of clothes that I 'd probably never even consider wearing in Australia . |
20 | ‘ I 've bought a further sixteen per cent of SUPPLYKITS . |
21 | ‘ I 've bought a bottle of really nice sherry , and some wine . |
22 | ‘ I 've bought a number of good-quality second-hand items and they 've all been excellent value . |
23 | ‘ I 've bought a bottle of whisky and I 'm planning to drink my way right through it . ’ |
24 | I 've bought a house in the country . |
25 | ‘ I 've bought a couple more outfits , a smart black dress , some good trousers , ’ she said eagerly . |
26 | I thought the the restaurant was quite expensive so I 've bought a sandwich in the shop instead . |
27 | Erm so I 've bought a few bottles and I do n't |
28 | I mean it 's not as though I 've bought a house which has got anything wrong with it . |
29 | they are warm , er , but its colour , I do n't know whether I perhaps I , if I saw cream again this year I might buy it , but erm , I 'm not sure that I want erm there 's this deep red , because I 've , I 've bought a red one in a different style , same sort of fabric , its very do you remember ? , when I bought that black and white checked skirt I bought a red |
30 | Er , well we get stuff well , actually I 've bought a couple out my case . |