Example sentences of "has been sentence [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A BESSBROOK man has been sentenced to six months in prison after he was overpayed a sum of £5,666.32 by the DHS . |
2 | Vic Williams : a 28-year-old soldier in the British Army 's Royal Artillery , he has been sentenced to 14 months ' imprisonment for desertion and ‘ conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline |
3 | A PUBLICAN who set fire to his car and tried to claim insurance has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service . |
4 | A TEENAGER who plunged a screwdriver into a frail 85-year-old woman as accomplices ransacked her home , has been sentenced to eight years ’ detention . |
5 | Mrs Helmsley has been sentenced to four years in jail , and could become eligible for parole in 19 months . |
6 | An Oxford student has been sentenced to four months in a young offendors institute for supplying drugs . |
7 | A barmaid who cudgelled her landlord boyfriend to death with a beer flagon has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment ( suspended ) . |
8 | He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban . |
9 | A YOUTH who frightened a teenager into handing over his watch has been sentenced to 12 months detention . |
10 | A joyrider who crashed his car and killed a partially sighted pensioner has been sentenced to three years custody for causing death by dangerous driving . |
11 | 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 . |