Sentence examples for were buying up from inspiring English sources

His announcement came amid perceived resentment that wealthy foreigners were buying up the town.

Such owners, he claimed, were buying up the media to exert political influence, not in search of profit.

Simon and Danny were buying up a street in Cambridge called Bateman Street, so we often stayed there.

As soon as the shop doors opened, Welsh football fans were buying up flags, shirts and cuddly red dragons.

"They were buying up properties at 10 to 20 cents on the dollar, buying while other people were selling, which takes fortitude".

During the real estate boom a couple of years ago, developers were buying up lots and preselling condo units for buildings that had yet to be built.

The rest were bought up as dachas.

They were bought up by one company then another, and now collectively they're worth nothing".

These motorway companies were bought up by banks and institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, etc).

"A lot of the breweries that have been bought up in the last few years are the ones that were bought up by investor groups".

The 32 built-up parcels of land on the site were bought up and cleared.