Example sentences of "[noun sg] to buy [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sister had been restless and Dunbar had had to fight queues of people at the bar to buy drinks in the interval . |
| 2 | We have no money to buy dressings for the wounded . |
| 3 | She 's used some of that money to buy plaques for the three mine rescue teams who helped in the operation . |
| 4 | It was their job to buy horses for the New Model Army and scour the country for food and provisions . |
| 5 | So she crammed six big fellers into her front room , sat them down with rum and blankets , and the whole bunch snuggled up like they were queueing all night to buy tickets for the Test Match . |
| 6 | I have served a place for him at the head of the queue to buy shares in the privatised NIE . |
| 7 | People would walk up a line to buy flowers in the summer , ’ she added . |
| 8 | Conversely , if the Bank of England wishes to expand the money supply , it will instruct its broker to buy securities on the open market and will pay for them with cheques drawn on itself . |
| 9 | When Sir Peter was chairing British Petroleum the Kuwait Investment Office entered the market to buy shares after the 1987 market crash caught out the government 's share sale and the oil company 's rights issue . |