Example sentences of "be bought [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brine shrimps are bought as brine shrimps eggs from an aquarist 's shop . |
| 2 | In countries such as the former Czechoslovakia ( now two separate nations ) , two-thirds of motor lubricants are bought from petrol stations . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ They admitted having Ecstasy which had been bought at rave parties . |
| 4 | Council tenants and people on the waiting list were encouraged to consider buying a house at The Elms , and nine have been bought by council nominees . |
| 5 | She was called Lucky Lady and had originally been bought by grandfather Alec , some forty years ago . |
| 6 | The home , in Portsmouth , Hants , has been bought by restaurateur Lim Walters who has named his eatery The Mayfair . |
| 7 | Some of the parts were more difficult to make than others — the curves of the bonnet , for instance , were achieved by shaping aluminium around a length of pipe — but a few , like the wind-screen , had to be bought at auto jumbles . |
| 8 | An onion set is a small onion which can be bought at garden centres or ordered from seed catalogues . |
| 9 | Very good value woollen garments , inlaid wooden souvenirs or leather goods may be bought at market stalls and some shops . |
| 10 | Compared with the figures on page 26 cars are particularly likely to be financed by loans from banks or finance companies ; clothes , presents and luxury goods to be bought on mail order , and rarely financed by HP or loans ; and , as might be expected , domestic appliances to be bought using fuel board credit ( see Appendix I , Table 17 ) . |
| 11 | More elaborate , moulded fibrous plaster arches have to be bought from specialist suppliers : some do mail order , others may have showrooms in larger cities . |
| 12 | Old and antique coins can be bought from specialist dealers like Spink and Son in London ( Tel : 01-930 7888 ) . |
| 13 | Old and antique coins can be bought from specialist dealers like Spink and Son in London ( Tel : 01-930 7888 ) . |
| 14 | Old and antique coins can be bought from specialist dealers like Spink and Son in London ( Tel : 01-930 7888 ) . |
| 15 | All of these items can be bought from department stores . |
| 16 | Sets of bars and rollers can be bought from hardware stores for the heaviest furniture and kitchen equipment . |
| 17 | For example , a photocopier which would only be bought by office managers and which would need fairly detailed copy to do it justice would be a waste of money to advertise on TV because the number of office managers in your audience is so tiny , and TV is not the right place to put a lot of product detail because time is so limited . |
| 18 | Equi-Strath can be bought by mail order from Cedar health Limited , through selected saddlers , or direct from the Equi-Strath exhibition unit on tour at many County Shows , Breed Society and Club Events . |
| 19 | Ken Lo 's Kitchen stocks a range of canned and dried goods and spices , as well as some equipment , which can be bought by mail order . |
| 20 | Chocolate moulds can be bought by mail order from : |
| 21 | European beef can be bought in West Africa at half the price of that produced in the Sahel . |
| 22 | This will enable games to be bought in CD form rather than cartridge . |
| 23 | No now what are the what are the items that that are still being bought as precision items ? |
| 24 | A row of houses that have lain empty for years since being bought by publisher Robert Maxwell look set to remain derelict , after being left out of a plan to redevelop the area . |
| 25 | As a further indication of the industry 's plight , he said : ‘ Nineteen ninety-one was the first year in which more used cars than new cars were bought on credit finance . ’ |
| 26 | THE first of 1,500 trees which were bought with money school pupils raised from a sponsored walk was planted yesterday by the Mayor of Colchester , Mary Frank . |
| 27 | Hull magistrates heard the earrings were bought by Trading Standards Officer Lynne Howson a month after Mr Ratner told the Institute of Directors that one of his firm 's lines , a £4.99 sherry decanter , was ‘ total crap ’ . |
| 28 | Crazy paving is bought at garden centres and builder 's merchants . |
| 29 | The book was bought through Handle Group of Companies , the group 's manager . |
| 30 | In 1934 it was still a struggle — a fridge was bought on hire purchase over two years — and the Professional missed being ‘ laid off ’ only by the Chairman 's casting vote , on the proposal ‘ that the present position of the Club was such he should move on ’ . |