Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [pers pn] bought " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wrote that in 1936 you bought your first painting ( still your favourite British painting ) George Stubbs 's ‘ Pumpkin with a Stable Lad ’ , immediately you saw it . |
| 2 | You know , that in 1825 he bought an island on the Niagara River in America and offered it to all the Jews in the world to make a Jewish state called Ararat . |
| 3 | William had been involved with Clydesdales since his boyhood and in 1897 he bought two good mature stallions and a fine brood mare with which he established Dunure Mains as a stud . |
| 4 | In 1950 , the group established the Daily Graphic in the Gold Coast , and in 1952 it bought the Daily Mail of Sierra Leone . |
| 5 | Dan Mason of the Chiswick Polish Company — ‘ Cherry Blossom Polish ’ — was a great benefactor and in 1922 he bought Boston House in Burlington Lake , Chiswick , and had it converted into a club for the female staff of his Company 's factory . |
| 6 | From 1629 to 1632 he held leases in Malvern Chase , which included Longdon Marsh , and in 1632 he bought part of Charles I 's share of King 's Sedgemoor in Somerset . |
| 7 | Humphrey Austin leased the mill , but in 1806 he bought what came to be known as New Mills . |
| 8 | At first , they took a flat in Chelsea , opposite the Royal Hospital , but in 1969 they bought a beautiful nineteenth-century house in Paulton 's Square , originally built for army personnel . |
| 9 | But in 1783 he bought a piano by Walter , with a check . |