Example sentences of "sold it to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An owner now obtained ( in theory at least ) the same price for his land irrespective of whether he sold it to a private individual or to a public authority . |
| 2 | It was sent by the museum to Skinner 's where it slipped through and was bought by a dealer who also failed to recognise its quality and sold it to a young couple for $550 . |
| 3 | This is apparent from Helby v. Matthews ( see Chapter 17 ) , where someone who was hiring a piano on hire purchase terms , sold it to an innocent purchaser . |
| 4 | After this but before the rogue was traced , the rogue took the car along to a market in Warren Street ( where dealers commonly sold cars ) and he sold it to an innocent purchaser . |
| 5 | He sold it to an American bookseller , who broke up the historic volumes that had survived the hazards of more than six centuries . |
| 6 | I then sold it to the genuine buyer , paid you back … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 8 | The star lot , Holbein 's Lady with a Squirrel , was withdrawn two weeks ago by Lord Cholmondeley , when he sold it to the National Gallery for £10 million . |
| 9 | They seem to have bullied him and made him er , make concessions , and the question that Freud and Bullett constantly ask is , why did Wilson make these concessions , especially since his position was already defined before he came to Europe , you know he already laid down the fourteen points , and sold it to the American people . |