Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] for [num] year " in BNC.

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1 An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes .
2 A MAN who forced a teenage couple to strip naked and then sexually assaulted them in a bank doorway was jailed for seven years yesterday , writes John Robertson .
3 AN alcoholic who admitted killing his five months pregnant girlfriend was jailed for five years today .
4 A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years yesterday and his assets of £1.5 million were confiscated .
5 Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal .
6 A YOUNG handbag snatcher was jailed for five years yesterday as a judge signalled the fight back against street crime .
7 David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit .
8 A RAPIST who was captured after he left bare footprints at the scene of the crime was jailed for 14 years at Bristol Crown Court yesterday .
9 The Amir , an absolute monarch , appoints the Cabinet and the 30-member Advisory Council ; the latter 's term was extended for four years in April 1990 .
10 Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults .
11 A CONVICTED sex attacker who kidnapped a six-year-old girl from a playground was jailed for two years yesterday after a top judge said the law forced him to disregard the man 's long criminal record .
12 A WINDOW cleaner was jailed for seven years yesterday for raping one of his customers .
13 On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary .
14 A FORMER head of a council children 's home was jailed for four years yesterday for indecency against young boys in his care which he committed almost 15 years ago .
15 A MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army who was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home was jailed for 20 years at Belfast Crown Court yesterday .
16 A TEENAGE IRA girl was jailed for 10 years yesterday for plotting to kill troops — while her accomplice was given life for helping in the murder of a businessman .
17 Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order .
18 A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday .
19 AFORMER council youth leader known as the general was jailed for 10 years yesterday after organising three acid house parties at which hard drugs were openly available .
20 DRUGS baron Rene Black was jailed for 15 years yesterday for organising a £15.5 million conspiracy to flood Britain with drugs from Europe 's first cocaine factory .
21 FATHER JAILED FOR BREAKING BABY 'S BONES A father who broke his baby son 's bones in six places was jailed for four years today .
22 My husband was banned for three years after he 'd killed me . ’
23 A man who admitted twice raping his 15-year-old daughter and indecently assaulting her teenage friend was jailed for six years .
24 A MAN who beat his unfaithful wife to death after she viciously grabbed his testicles was jailed for six years yesterday .
25 His wife , who was alleged to have aided and abetted him on the second occasion was jailed for three years after a two-day trial .
26 Today in court , a year after the shooting , Demetrius McDuffy was jailed for 23 years .
27 Muise was jailed for six years .
28 Johnson was suspended for two years after testing positive for steroids after winning the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics .
29 Rachael was jailed for 7 years .
30 This lease was renewed for 300 years , until the final disafforestment and enclosure of those forests .
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