11.   Designers say that most people stick with neutrals when buying large pieces of furniture or painting walls and experiment with color in easily replaceable items.

12.   Even so, Murphy said he has been buying little pieces of biotechnology companies in recent days.

13.   Eventually, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, together with the National Galleries of Scotland, were able to raise the funds to buy the piece.

14.   For now, they are focusing efforts on trying to make sure that a museum or university buys the piece and makes it available for research.

15.   He also provided officials who had seized an ancient figure in England with documentation claiming that he had bought the piece in New York, the authorities said.

16.   He bought one piece after another, never inquiring who made them or so much as glancing at the prices.

17.   He would not buy the piece she loved, a modern choker with scratched gold disks.

18.   Hobbs said he bought the piece directly from the family.

19.   I buy two pieces every year.

20.   I buy pieces that I like.