Example sentences of "he [be] [vb pp] for [num] " in BNC.

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1 Because the State er if he were covered for twenty six weeks full pay
2 He is troubled for two reasons .
3 When he returned , however , he was hit for three fours and a six in one over by the Trinidadian , who then crashed van Zyl over extra cover for another six .
4 He was done for four years for fraud .
5 He was selected for two tours of England , in 1927 and 1931 .
6 " Your pal at the shipping office was n't hard to check on , because he 's been in our hands — no charge in the end , but he was detained for twenty-four hours while inquiries were made .
7 Following a series of strikes in 1981 , he was detained for three months , during which time he became a " born-again " Christian .
8 He was jailed for six months , fined £500 and banned from driving for 25 years .
9 He was jailed for five years for manslaughter but today it was reduced to three and a half years .
10 He was jailed for five years .
11 He was jailed for 3.5 years for his part in the affair .
12 He was jailed for four years at the High Court , Edinburgh in July 1992 when a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting an 18-year-old boy he met in St Andrews Bus Station , Edinburgh .
13 He was jailed for 10 years .
14 He was jailed for nine months by York Crown Court after admitting six trading offences .
15 He was jailed for 13 years after Customs officers found three- quarters of a ton of the drug in the back of his lorry at Dover .
16 He was jailed for two years .
17 He was jailed for two and a half years , to run consecutive to his present term , which means he has been sentenced to 21 years since 1973 .
18 He was jailed for two weeks and banned from driving for 18 months .
19 He was jailed for two years by Newcastle upon Tyne Crown Court .
20 Ian Baxter admitted charges of grievous bodily harm and interfering with a motor vehicle ; he was jailed for two and a half years .
21 He was jailed for eighteen months for unlawful sexual intercourse .
22 He was jailed for 2 years .
23 He was jailed for seven years on November 30 .
24 He was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey after admitting manslaughter .
25 He was jailed for three years , as was his accomplice Bernard Lynch , a ‘ freelance ’ accountant from south London .
26 He was jailed for three months .
27 He was jailed for three months suspended for two years on each of the Customs offences and fined £100 on each of the police charges .
28 He was jailed for 21 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday after admitting burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car .
29 He was walloped for 31 for 1 in three overs and scored 20 .
30 When he got home , his mother rushed him to the Royal Infirmary , wherein he was kept for two days .
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