Example sentences of "buy [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ?
2 Buy it for a thousand or whatever .
3 But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income .
4 ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out .
5 But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income .
6 But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income .
7 ‘ Maybe they buy it for the wrong reason ; they can get a lot of research they would otherwise not carry out .
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