Example sentences of "of buying [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 This year , instead of buying eggs for your family and friends , have a go at making your own .
2 In due course , finding that national discontents and factious habits of thinking were spreading rapidly in that city and throughout France , he obtained leave to visit England again , under the pretext of buying horses for his sovereign 's stud .
3 They probably never even think of buying flowers for themselves .
4 He was made Senior Art Adviser for the West Riding County Council in 1947 , where he worked among other things , on a policy of buying pictures for schools .
5 She has asked friends to make a donation to the hospice movement instead of buying presents for her 80th birthday .
6 I am now thinking of buying presents for coming home .
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