Percy would not hesitate one single instant to throw his life into the hands of his enemies, in exchange for that of others.
Overseer Burnett offered them his clasp-knife in exchange for a cod* weighing about 19 pounds but they would only give a small fish weighing not above one pound; and then coolly went over and sat down to eat the fish themselves.
On seeing the party again in motion most of the natives disappeared, one or two only lingered behind trees, and it then occurred to me to offer them a small iron tomahawk in exchange for that of stone which lay beside the spears.
Large pots of it, very good and clear, were offered in exchange for a very little cloth.
They had just brought down ivory, malachite, copper rings, and slaves to exchange for cloth at the lake.
She sat here; and some day, when you hear her story, you will know why I begged Madame Lotbiniere to give it to me in exchange for another, once the King's.
Well, we need not take any wastrel or nobody the English offer in exchange for you.
Immediately I proposed Mr. Wainfleet, the chaplain, in exchange for a prisoner, though his name was not on the list, but Doltaire shook his head in a blank sort of way.
From one bushel of wheat he obtained nearly five quarts of spirit, which he sold or paid inexchange for labour at five and six shillings per quart.
Wheat was paid to the industrious in exchange for labour; and those who were allowed to subsist independent of the public stores availed themselves of that indulgence to its fullest extent.
Terrible") in exchange for Siberia--that unknown region stretching across the Continent of Asia to the Pacific.
And no doubt Russia would long ago gladly have given one-half of Siberia to the sea in exchange for a few good harbors such as existed on the east coast of Korea.
A Cossack brigand under sentence of death escaped with his followers into the land beyond the Urals, and conquered a part of the territory, then returned and offered it to Ivan (1580) in exchange for a pardon.
By the capture of Belle Ile England gained far more than the barren island; it was French soil, and France would be prepared to surrender possessions of greater value inexchange for it.
It was seen that they gave their weapons and clothes in exchange for rice.
Neither will they give more, even for good gold; and they do not take it in exchange for supplies, or for the goods which they sell.
British calicoes and iron are the principal articles taken in exchange for these by the proas from New Guinea.
Their firearms they obtain in exchange for birds of paradise, tortoise-shell and birds-nests, from vessels from the Arru, and other islands in the Eastern Archipelago.
Nothing is more useful than water; but it will purchase scarce any thing; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it.
A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any value in use; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it.
The man who wanted to buy salt, for example, and had nothing but cattle to give in exchange for it, must have been obliged to buy salt to the value of a whole ox, or a whole sheep, at a time.
If, on the contrary, instead of sheep or oxen, he had metals to give in exchange for it, he could easily proportion the quantity of the metal to the precise quantity of the commodity which he had immediate occasion for.
This would be paid in Brazilian paper money, which I was to exchange for sovereigns.
The officers and men of this ship were released in exchange for those of the Hannibal and Speedy.
In exchange for this I offered him a tomahawk, but his fears would not allow him to come near the boat to receive it.
A circumstantial account of such articles growing on the sea-coast, if any, as might be advantageously imported into Great Britain, and those that would be required by the natives in exchange for them.
What wealth or what scepters would I exchange for my tranquil reading?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exchange for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
