Sentence examples for sell off for from inspiring English sources

While he waits Holley has plenty of land to sell off for other uses about 400,000 acres, or about 5% of Plum Creek's total holdings.

Angelina Jolie has given a heartbreaking account of girls she has met in conflict zones who have been repeatedly raped and sold off for as little as $40 each.

It's hard being a social network not called Facebook, but myYearbook isn't one of those erstwhile rivals being sold off for assets.

One of the lenders, Banco de Valencia, is being sold off for a token €1 ($1.30).

His huge carpet was cut into pieces and sold off for a shilling a yard.

Nine new prisons will be built and inner-city prisons will be sold off for housing.

In 1656 he was forced to apply for bankruptcy, and his collection of paintings were sold off for a pittance.

Bonds, on the other hand, had been selling off for several weeks and were ready for a rally.

There's no mechanism by which we can be sure it will not be sold off for whatever reason.

RM: This confirms announcements by Michael Gove, the justice secretary, who wants old prisons to be sold off for housebuilding.

But it is pubs that are closing down and being sold off for blocks of flats folk can't afford.