Sentence examples for for a then from inspiring English sources
In September 1946, Newcastle transferred him to Liverpool for a then huge fee of £13,000.
Leaves Ajax for Barcelona for a then world record fee, £922,000, in August.
When he transferred to Juventus for a then record fee in 1990, there were riots in Florence.
Former United favourite Ronaldo left the club for Real Madrid in 2009, for a then world record fee of £80million.
In 1972, Bothmer was involved in a controversy over a red-figure calyx krater, which the Met acquired from Robert Hecht for a then record million dollars.
Recently, new markets have emerged: in 2009, a Russian billionaire acquired a Guarneri violin for a then record price of more than ten million dollars.
Juventus was determined to buy him from Fiorentina for a then-world-record transfer sum equivalent to $13.6 million.
In 1994, American Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour secured a financial backer for a then-destitute Galliano.
A member of Everton's 1970 title-winning side, Royle remembers the "total shock" of Ball's sale for a then-record £220,000 fee.
Andrew Lloyd Webber had bought the Picasso at Sotheby's New York on May 8 , 1995 for a then-huge $29.14 million.
Two groups, led by Peter Angelos and William O. DeWitt Jr., merged to acquire the team for a then-record $173 mllion.
