Example sentences of "[adj] men [verb] been [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 How many brave men had been murdered for this ?
2 Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop .
3 Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop .
4 FIVE men have been committed for trial to Portsmouth Crown Court on charges relating to an alleged incident involving violence at The Queen , Greatham , on New Year 's Eve .
5 Eleven men have been jailed for up to ten years each for their part in the Strangeways prison riot .
6 Once again deaf people proved a good risk , as is shown by the 1933 Annual Report , which records that " during the past two years over fifty deaf men have been insured for motoring risks .
7 By 1968 , 15,000 men had been trained for handling civil disorder .
8 The Parish population , always minimal , had sunk to nil after the last two men had been hung for sheep-stealing .
9 Two men have been jailed for a total of ( 11 ) eleven years for kidnapping and robbing a motorist .
10 Two men have been jailed for a total of fifty five years in America for shooting a British couple who were on holiday .
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