Example sentences of "came up [prep] sale " in BNC.

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1 They were lucky when the freehold of the old Aquarium Theatre , opposite Westminster Abbey , came up for sale .
2 When this manuscript came up for sale in London in 1980 , its estimated value was £40,000-£60,000 .
3 ‘ Eventually , I wrote a note and put it through the letter box saying we would love to buy the house if it ever came up for sale . ’
4 Speaking of luck , there 's a colt I want to buy not far from Lexington — came up for sale just when I was thinking of getting in some new blood .
5 When the property came up for sale , for only the second time in its long history , a telegram was despatched to Honora , who was working in London : ‘ Will you invest savings in Plas ? ’
6 One of his wins had qualified him for the National so when he came up for sale at Doncaster , Kempton secured him for 2,000 guineas on behalf of two of his owners who were keen to have a runner in the race .
7 ‘ This one came up for sale , so I grabbed it .
8 They bought half excuse me half of it and they lived in the basement , then the other half came up for sale so Peter bought the whole lot then
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