Example sentences of "sold the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Émile , enthusiastic about Jean-Claude 's work in general ( and me in particular ) , had sold the idea to Frontenac on the grounds of Jean-Claude 's association with la Sologne . |
| 2 | Clutterbuck Deane died in 1701 and within a year Mary had sold the mill to Thomas Shurmur , in whose family it was to remain for a century . |
| 3 | Having sold the car to Z , Y was a seller in possession of it . |
| 4 | Incapacitated as he now was and about to go off to stay with his mother in Weston-super-Mare , St Ives had sold the tickets to Desmond Fairchild . |
| 5 | During the 1890s , Kemble and Dash took over , and by 1901 had sold the mills to R. Townsend and Co Ltd . |
| 6 | MANCHESTER UNITED yesterday settled into an uneasy peace after a face-saving operation by which Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton mutually agreed to tear up the contract that would have sold the club to Knighton . |
| 7 | Estimated at $700–900,000 , the Johnson carpet was special , and after fierce bidding sold to a New York dealer ( acting for a private collector ) for $1.2 million ( £672,200 ) ( underbid by Maurice Segoura , who had sold the carpet to Mrs Johnson ) , a world record price for a carpet at auction . |