Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] for another " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here there was no need for closure to hover behind the death-rate , or for one mental hospital to be engorged for another to shut . |
| 2 | Proposals are to be announced to allow the security of one property to be exchanged for another against the original mortgage loan without the loss of mortgage interest relief . |
| 3 | A swap is a swap , one man to be exchanged for another . |
| 4 | On two occasions we were called into the hospital in the wee small hours , expecting the end — but the dear old rogue had nine lives and , at seventy-nine , he seemed to be negotiating for another two . |
| 5 | One interpretation of the foregoing could be that the red jackets which should have been issued in 1820 were not to be issued for another three years , and the soldiers dressed in white clothing ( and shell jackets ) as much as possible . |
| 6 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 7 | I was to be incarcerated for another two days and nights on a diet of three assorted pills and a curious fizzy powder in a paper wrapper , presented every few hours with instructions in mime . |