Example sentences of "[Wh pn] bought [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include people like the Wisdom family of Dallas , who bought a two-storey , red-brick house from the RTC for $60,000 . |
| 2 | If everybody who bought a foreign car in the last ten years had bought a British one instead , there would n't be seventeen per cent unemployment in this area . ’ |
| 3 | BBC 's World About Us ( 20 March ) explored in A highly desirable residence the domestic world of a young couple who bought a mouldering , 18th century cottage . |
| 4 | Perhaps he still identified himself with the man who bought a duffel cloak for Alice Fell ( see Critical Survey , p. 118 ) ; he instructed his daughter to buy the child a doll — ‘ only let it be a good big one ’ . |
| 5 | For example , consider a person who bought a house for £80,000 in 1988 , with a mortgage of £75,000 , who has since seen the price of that property fall to £65,000 . |
| 6 | I heard of one 35-year-old secretary who bought a special offer at a solarium , soaked up 50 half-hour sessions of artificial sun in ten weeks , and found her shins covered with large , dark , irregular freckles that remained and spread . |
| 7 | Consumer affairs minister Baroness Denton said : ‘ Anyone who bought a Cosatto Go Safe Extra or a Go Safe Plus seat should check the waistband and ensure the stud is well fastened . ’ |
| 8 | However , with called up ordinary shares totalling nearly 274,000 from an authorised figure of 350,000 , the vast majority of DVR shareholders still fall into the category of casual supporters who bought a stake to help the Company succeed in running the original Dart Valley line from Totnes to Ashburton , and the later Torbay acquisition . |
| 9 | In the extreme case , a consumer who bought a one-bar electric fire for thirty shillings and paid less than a penny per hour for the electricity at peak time , imposed costs on the Electricity Boards of at least £60 for the kW of power station capacity needed to meet the demand . |
| 10 | At the end of the last century when Impressionism was still a dirty word in England , and anyone who bought a Monet was considered as being more than half-way on the road to Bedlam , the Americans were taking to him with something of the enthusiasm which they were then displaying for the newly discovered chewing-gum . |
| 11 | The one I was thinking of in fact was a poor lady who bought a Ford Escort from er what was then Garage , it 's now in Daybrook . |
| 12 | The only other person we saw was a tall , well-dressed young negro who bought a pair of the coloured denim hipster trousers . |
| 13 | If this were not the case and F t < E ( S T ) , a trader who bought a futures contract now and held it to delivery would , on average , make a profit of E ( S T ) - F t . |
| 14 | Later , Miranda imagined that the salesgirl was offering a discount to customers who bought a certain range of cosmetics — for her mother had wandered off . |
| 15 | Do they not realise what would happen to a young couple who bought a terraced cottage that had a traditionally low rateable value ? |
| 16 | The other party was a builder who bought a plot of land at auction to build a house for himself and his family . |
| 17 | Ten new age travellers who bought a plot of land to live on have been visited by the councillors who 'll decide whether they can stay . |
| 18 | A couple who bought a flat which did n't officially exist are still fighting for compensation four years later . |
| 19 | The media has delighted in telling tales of people who bought a picture then watched as their house burnt down or their car blew up . |
| 20 | Neighbours and friends collected money for the family who bought a silver trophy , inscribed in Paul 's name , which is now awarded to Kirkby 's best primary school five-a-side team every year . |
| 21 | Michael Cross , speaking on behalf of Mr Bond , who bought the picture at Sotheby 's in 1987 , confirmed to The Independent that ‘ Sotheby 's approached us and offered us a loan facility against the picture . ’ |
| 22 | We know that David 's mother is neither Carol nor Ann , who bought the popcorn , nor is she Jean , whilst Meg is Simon 's mother , so David 's mother must be Helen , and they therefore saw Mickey Mouse . |
| 23 | He especially liked the old and rare trees that had been planted in the garden by a previous owner , Colonel Mitchell , who bought the house in 1893 . |
| 24 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 25 | Speculators who bought the options before the bid and sold 24 hours later showed a 100 per cent profit . |
| 26 | It was Captain Carter who bought the house at the beginning of this century , and lovingly restored whit is here today . |
| 27 | It was Lord Clive of India who bought the estate in 1760 from Lord Herbert ( he had already acquired the Walcot estate to add to his patrimony of Styche ) , and directed his agent to improve the whole property . |
| 28 | It was Graham who bought the old ambulance , not David . |
| 29 | It was they who bought the new consumer items produced by the new industries and who , as already suggested , were the first to practice family limitation on a significant scale . |
| 30 | ‘ While it would be a brave man who bought the shares in the current atmosphere ( although we think they are a buy ) , only a fool would sell them . ’ |