Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] the [adj -est] bidder " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1889 , all the members of the Nez Perce tribe were offered allotments of 160 acres on the Lapwai Reservation ; the surplus to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 2 | Will they too be sold to the highest bidder , regardless of the interests of local people ? |
| 3 | It 's little more than a century ago that women were still being led to market to be sold to the highest bidder — in England . |
| 4 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 5 | THE secrets behind the world 's deadliest secret agent , James Bond , are to be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 6 | It seems , however , that if the auction is in fact held , then anything advertised to be ‘ without reserve ’ must be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 7 | Sea Scouts Claire Lowis , Samantha Lambird , Christopher Pinnegar and Mark Gent are seen with the ball , which will be sold to the highest bidder . |
| 8 | Marina , having escaped being murdered due to the intervention of pirates , is sold to a brothel , her virginity to be auctioned to the highest bidder . |