Example sentences of "sold [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days manufacturers produced the goods and salesmen sold them with the help of advertising . |
| 2 | Boldly coloured ties draped Levinsky 's neck ( he sold them on the street ) , his synapses now like two eggs over light , in permanent sizzle , as he tried to move into stride with a young Cassius Clay . |
| 3 | The local officers , usually J.P.s , and known as undertakers , then bought goods at market prices and sold them to the household at royal prices . |
| 4 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 5 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 6 | He says that Wilko always talked in riddles with him , became jealous at his popularity and so sold him to the scum so he would appear to be a traitor . |
| 7 | It had made the Marchese a small fortune when he sold it to the deputy of the English connoisseur in Naples who was going to ship it away in boxes ; it was being stripped from the walls when the Government heard of it and came and sealed up the villa again , but not before one of the intermediaries had sliced enough off the top of the deal to pay his passage to America , promising to send after him for his family . |
| 8 | The seller then sold it to the dealer for £2 . |
| 9 | The initial agreement made was a licensing agreement whereby Rover ( then known as BL ) assembled the Honda Ballade from 1981 onwards with limited alterations and sold it as the Triumph Acclaim . |
| 10 | The Pollexton dynasty had finished by 1747 , and from then on various relations spurned Mothecome until eventually they sold it at the end of the eighteenth century to a Mildmay forbear . |