Sentence examples for purchased about from inspiring English sources

In 1910, he purchased about 10 acres of property in Babylon along Sumpwam's Creek for $2,200.

Early this year, Morgan Stanley purchased about $773 million of the troubled securities from several of its cash funds.

Members of Chinese and Taiwanese groups purchased about 600 discounted tickets to Tuesday's game, helping make it an atypical sellout for the Raptors.

PeopleSoft said it has purchased about 88% of J.D. Edwards outstanding shares and expects to purchase the remaining shares of the company by the end of August.

Buying interest continued at the more bearish May $29 strike as traders purchased about 5,000 puts for an average premium of $0.24 per contract.

Paving the way for these plans, Apple purchased about 100 acres from Hewlett Packard in 2010 and added them to the 50 it owns adjacent.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice in April purchased about 700 fans and 28 Cool-Space evaporative fan units that were installed in May in facilities as part of the agency's annual preparation for the summer months, the department said.

Drill a hole using a bit appropriate for the size dowel you purchased about 1/2" from the bottom of the entrance hole.

Since the 1950s he has purchased about 10,000 pieces.

I have Windows 95 on a PC that I purchased about six years ago.

Mr. Icahn said he had already purchased about 59 million shares of Yahoo.