1.  A bicycle is relatively cheap to buy and run.

2.  A black feather boa, perhaps bought for the Black Ascot, curved lavishly round to cancel any suggestion of nakedness.

3.  A builder bought the house and fixed it up.

4.  A certain amount of your pension or allowance is yours to buy personal items like clothes, shoes and toiletries.

5.  A company sets up a trust fund into which it contributes new shares of stock or money to buy existing shares.

6.  A customer walked into the shop and bought the shoes.

7.  A developer trying to buy up a site in a city comes across an owner who charges a ridiculously high price.

8.  A few months ago a young property entrepreneur bought a vacant house, redecorated it and sold it for twice the original value.