Example sentences of "[pron] [be] sentence [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sentenced to two years in prison . |
| 2 | The agents , who were sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment for sinking the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior and killing one of its crew in Auckland harbour in 1985 , were released into French custody in return for $7,000,000 in compensation and a guarantee that they would be confined at the French military base on Hao atoll for three years . |
| 3 | CHONG SON-HEE : a 33-year old artist , she was sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment under the National Security Law in July 1991 for carrying out activities allegedly benefiting North Korea . |
| 4 | She was sentenced to two years in prison . |
| 5 | Eventually she was sentenced to two years in jail . |
| 6 | She was sentenced to two years probation . |
| 7 | Mrs Mandela , who was sentenced to six years imprisonment for complicity to kidnap and assault , is free on bail pending an appeal . |
| 8 | However , the court upheld the conviction against Mario Biaggi , a former member of the House who was sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment on charges arising from the Wedtech affair . |
| 9 | Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz , President of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation ( CCDHRN ) , who was sentenced to two years ' imprisonment in 1989 for ‘ spreading false news with the aim of endangering the prestige or standing of the Cuban state ’ , is still serving his sentence in Agüica Prison : he is due for release in August 1991 . |
| 10 | The eight included the former governor of Shaba province , Koyagialo Ngbase te Geremgbo , who was sentenced to 15 years penal servitude . |
| 11 | McKee , who was sentenced to 20 years for firearms offences , was recaptured in the Republic three months after escaping . |
| 12 | Of the five other FIS officials accused , one was sentenced to six years ' imprisonment and four to four years each . |
| 13 | Three weeks later they were sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 14 | 1981 , Richard Helier and an associate were convicted in a federal court in Madison , Wisconsin , of numerous counts of diverting institutional funds ; later they were sentenced to three years in prison . |
| 15 | He was sentenced to twelve years for the rape , a maximum two years for the indecent assault and a further two years for the burglary . |
| 16 | AI has received reports that he was sentenced to four years ' imprisonment after an unfair trial by a military tribunal . |
| 17 | In February 1992 he was sentenced to four years in prison , which he is currently serving in Sindos Military Prison near Thessaloniki . |
| 18 | In January 1987 he was sentenced to five years and nine months ' imprisonment at Belfast Crown Court for possessing firearms in suspicious circumstances and for possessing petrol bombs . |
| 19 | On June 27 , 1990 , at the end of a 16-day trial , he was sentenced to five years ' imprisonment for breaking foreign trade laws , for not declaring income liable to taxes DM16,000,000 , and for playing a " decisive role " in the planning and construction of the Rabta complex [ for attempted suicide of managing director of Imhausen-Chemie in February 1989 see p. 36477 ] . |
| 20 | Meanwhile on Jan. 23 he was sentenced to five years in prison , after a two-day trial , for forging the document allegedly signed by Papandreou which had featured prominently in the evidence presented against Papandreou . |
| 21 | In December 1983 he was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment for ‘ opposing the revolution ’ . |
| 22 | On January 19 , 1989 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of ‘ counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitations ’ . |
| 23 | He was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment which he is currently serving in Guanajay Prison . |
| 24 | He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sedition , including remarks made abroad after leaving Taiwan . |
| 25 | The four-year investigation into former " junk-bond king " , Michael Milken ended in November 1990 when he was sentenced to 10 years in prison [ see p. 37848 ] . |
| 26 | When the law finally did catch up with Capone in 1931 , it was for tax evasion , and he was sentenced to 11 years in prison . |
| 27 | He was sentenced to six years in a tribal prison and fined $11,000 . |
| 28 | He was sentenced to six years . |
| 29 | He was sentenced to 7 years in prison . |
| 30 | He was sentenced to eight years in youth custody . |