Example sentences of "was jail for life in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was jailed for life in 1989 for murder . |
| 2 | Lisburn man Bobby Corry was jailed for life in 1986 for what a judge described as the ‘ savage and reckless murder ’ of a caretaker in Belfast 14 years earlier . |
| 3 | Forty-seven year old Trevor Hanson was jailed for life in nineteen seventy-one after a string of sex attacks in the Huddersield area of West Yorkshire . |
| 4 | PRESIDENT F W de Klerk last night announced the unconditional release of eight prominent political prisoners , notably Walter Sisulu , 77 , former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the closest political associate and oldest friend of Nelson Mandela , with whom he was jailed for life in 1964 . |
| 5 | Mynott was jailed for life in 1980 for murdering a 54-year-old man near his home in Hemel Hempstead , Herts . |
| 6 | Together with his twin brother Ronnie he was jailed for life in 1969 for the killing of Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie and is currently serving his sentence at Blundeston Prison near Lowestoft . |