Sentence examples for bought thousands from inspiring English sources

During World War II, G.I.'s bought thousands of them.

I asked if they had bought thousands of dollars worth of porcelain tile.

In recent years private equity firms have bought thousands of companies, mostly with borrowed money.

**{:.mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image}Dozens of retailers sold — and bought — thousands of comic books.

Eight casinos bought thousands of tickets to distribute to their high rollers.

He bought thousands of Ministry of Defence homes and controls the Odeon and UCI cinema chains.

The furnishings, most of them locally bought 20th-century antiques, are included in the asking price.

Most famously, Mr. Davis bought 20th Century Fox in 1981 and sold it four years later; he was 79.

They traveled to estate sales, auction houses and private collections in Europe and bought 17th-century Italian vestments, Ottoman Empire robes decorated with needlepoint, and Japanese ikat.

To make his puppets, he went on eBay and bought 19th-century handblown glass doll's eyes excavated from landfills in Germany.

Rupert Murdoch bought 20th Century Fox, Viacom acquired Paramount and Sony bought Columbia.