1.   Circumstances had obliged him to sell the business.

2.   He decided to cut his losses and sell the business.

3.   It sells businesses it does not think it will be good at, such as those in high-technology, volatile Markets.

4.   John Tyzack provided for his comfortable retirement in Oxford by selling the business to Henderson Administration, the well-known investment trust.

5.   The family did well when the business was sold to U. S. Steel.

6.   They made a huge profit when they sold the business.

7.   Tony had to sell the business at a loss.

8.   He sold the business, rented out his house, and set off on a trip around the world.

9.   She sold the business and bought a farm with the profits.

10.   We sold the business and bought a villa in Spain with the proceeds.