Sentence examples for described buying from inspiring English sources

He described buying the gun used in the murder through a classified newspaper advertisement.

(He once described buying international permits as being like sending "money … offshore into dodgy carbon farms in Equatorial Guinea and Kazakhstan").

The German writer Ernst Jünger, in his wartime Paris journal, described buying several volumes at the Berès bookstore, and not at a discount, either.

Mrs. Boehner said she was "not a frivolous person" and described buying a $100 beige dress from Dillard's to meet Queen Elizabeth II at a state dinner in Washington in 2007.

Almost all major business groups are pleading with the government to drop its ban on the use of international permits, even though Abbott once described buying international permits as being like sending "money … offshore into dodgy carbon farms in Equatorial Guinea and Kazakhstan".

(Indeed, her public posture is often that of someone wronged: she has described buying herself a big aquamarine ring as a "no one is grinding me down" gesture made in response to tabloid coverage, and has characterized moving from an apartment to a very large house as being "driven out" by the press).

In "Birdsong," the protagonist describes buying gasoline: "Rituals of distrust," I said.

LIFE AND LETTERS excerpts from Kenneth Tynan's later journals... Writer describes buying a Jaguar XJ12.

Yet, as Stephen F. Heese and Stephen M. Julius describe, buying the rights to a name and restarting operations requires years of dedication.

In his book, "Living in a Foreign Language" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007), he describes buying guanciale from Ugo Mazzoli, the butcher in Campello sul Clitunno, near his house.

By Kenneth Tynan The New Yorker, August 14, 2000 P. 60 LIFE AND LETTERS excerpts from Kenneth Tynan's later journals... Writer describes buying a Jaguar XJ12..