1758 Information for Charles Duke of Queensberry against A. Telfer 8 He..had himself Mills in an adjacent Mining Liberty belonging to the Defender, of which he had taken a Sub-lease from the Quaker Company.

1826 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (ed. 5) I. 67 In assigning a sublease, intimation to the principal tenant is not sufficient.

1894 Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. 1 55 Mr. Auchinleck took a sub-lease of an adjoining farm, called Killyrea.

1913 Times 7 Aug. 4/4 She had been the lessee, under a sub-lease, of the premises for something like eight years.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 May 25/2 Thirteen other cottagers are on the island under a sublease..of between $120 and $200 a year.

1991 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 1/8 The proposed sublease is for 20 years and will give effect to the use of the stadium by the Raiders and the League.

1824 J. Evans Chronol. Outl. Hist. Bristol 266 Premises rented of Mr. Gunter at £8 per annum, of which they sub-leased a part..to Mr. Townsend.

1898 D. E. Tobias Freed, but not Free 39 All the convicts whom he does not work himself are sub-leased by him to other employers, who may desire cheap labour.

1908 N.Z. Truth 20 June 4 I sub-lease from them that portion of the building.

1973 Daily Tel. 6/8 The Institute's building has been leased to the latter with essential accommodation sub-leased to the Institute at the old rent.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 May b6/1 Many sublandlords will probably need to bend over backward to sublease their space, given the sharp rise in vacancies.