Example sentences of "she [verb] bought a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has a nice ( and one would guess , younger ) boyfriend , The First Wives Club has been a bestseller , and she has bought a country house on the proceeds of the film rights , which have been taken up by Sherry Lansing , who produced Fatal Attraction . |
| 2 | A month later she rang to say she 'd bought a Knitmaster ! |
| 3 | She 'd bought a pot of raspberry jam that had turned out to be bad . |
| 4 | Perhaps somebody decided to enter a religious order just after she 'd bought a whole new wardrobe … = I shall have to wear them obviously — it will teach me a rather curious and special kind of humility . |
| 5 | She 'd bought a lawn edger sharp as a razor , sharp enough to cut your throat with . |
| 6 | She 'd bought an array of stylish cosmetics , received a free lesson on how to apply all her expensive purchases from one of the white-coated assistants in the department store , bought shoes and bags and accessories , flashed her friendly credit card until she thought the plastic might melt from overuse — and now the finishing and most dramatic change of all ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She had bought a farm at Willowdale , Ontario . |
| 9 | Yet later that evening , when they had both returned home and he had enquired about her meeting with Alison and whether she had bought a pram , she had hesitated before admitting she had actually been to a cinema . |
| 10 | She had bought a lesser work by the artist ‘ Pirna : the Obertor from the south ’ ( an autograph replica of a larger canvas in Dresden ) for the Metropolitan from London dealer Derek Johns several months before for around $3 million ) . |
| 11 | She had bought a copy of De L'Administration . |
| 12 | She had bought a pretty pine desk , and had scoured the antique shops until she found the perfect eighteenth-century light-mahogany chair to go with it . |
| 13 | She had bought a recipe book and was attempting a rather complex casserole , involving red wine and many ingredients . |
| 14 | I do n't want to be talking to you , thought Penelope desperately , trying to appear interested in what Robina Fairfax was saying about a place in West London where she had bought a piece of statuary for her garden at a very reasonable price . |
| 15 | She had bought a new handbag this morning , a neat , compact little thing that matched perfectly with the new dress and shoes she was wearing . |
| 16 | Rachel bought absurd things , then went back to the villa , and unpacked all her useless purchases , aware that she had bought a ridiculous diamanté choker to cheer herself up , and now felt a fool . |
| 17 | She had bought a twin tub washing machine for just ten pounds , the next day she was dead . |
| 18 | More than likely , she 's bought a car . |