11.   She will buy the painting at whatever price.

12.   We wanted to buy that painting, only it was far too expensive.

13.   He feels that the church should be helping people overcome problems rather than making money through showing the church to tourists or buying paintings.

14.   He bought the painting for a few pounds in the nineteen fifties.

15.   All three paintings were bought by unidentified telephone bidders.

16.   At a news conference today, Aoki admitted he bought the painting but denied he bought it from a gangster.

17.   At the auction a statement was read saying that the National Gallery in London had been privately negotiating to buy the painting but that no agreement had been reached.

18.   Berger said he realized they had a collection when they bought a horse painting by George Stubbs early this year.

19.   A collector, Blosser said he originally bought the painting for its frame.

20.   Adelson is thought to have bought the painting for Susan Soros, a collector and founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.