Example sentences of "be prosecuted for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN aerobics teacher who turned up safe after a major search is to be prosecuted for wasting police time , a police spokesman said yesterday . |
| 2 | The Crown Prosecution Service will decide whether or not the 30 runners should be prosecuted for trespassing on the railway . |
| 3 | We could be prosecuted for kissing in my front room if the curtains were open and someone looked in and took offence |
| 4 | There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway . |
| 5 | Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts . |
| 6 | The Court referred the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions to see whether the students involved should be prosecuted for breaching earlier court orders . |
| 7 | The other letter informed the victim that he was going to be prosecuted for overloading his builder 's van , he was in fact prosecuted and fined . |
| 8 | Not only did the Dissenters still suffer civil disabilities , but they could still be prosecuted for worshipping outside the Church of England if they did not fulfil certain requirements at law . |
| 9 | Midlands Electricity will be prosecuted for failing to ensure safety of its workers and others . |