Example sentences of "has been [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A 20-YEAR-OLD Belfast man has been jailed for eight years for his part in an armed robbery of more than £6,000 from an Ulster Bank . |
| 32 | A man who tortured a cat in the cellar of his house has been jailed for six months . |
| 33 | A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals . |
| 34 | A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months . |
| 35 | A DARLINGTON woman has been jailed for six months . |
| 36 | Former World Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been jailed for six years for raping a former beauty queen . |
| 37 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
| 38 | A bird breeder has been jailed for four years after stolen rare birds were found wrapped in sacking in the boot of his car . |
| 39 | The magistrate who tried to kill his wife with a home-made gas chamber has been jailed for nine years . |
| 40 | A man who was caught in possession of a stolen famous painting has been jailed for eighteen months at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 41 | A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him . |
| 42 | Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs . |
| 43 | The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months . |
| 44 | An armed robber has been jailed for fifteen years after shots were fired at police during a chase after a post office raid . |
| 45 | Here 's the son of Kirk Douglas has been jailed for five days after kicking a policeman ! |
| 46 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 47 | A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years . |
| 48 | A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years . |
| 49 | The IRA terrorist , James Canning , has been jailed for thirty years for conspiracy to cause explosions . |
| 50 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
| 51 | A twenty five year old father from Worcester has been jailed for two years after his baby daughter suffered horrific injuries while in his care . |
| 52 | A YOUNG Belfast man has been jailed for two years for the manslaughter of a Galway barman while on holiday in Salthill last summer . |
| 53 | A KIRKBY man caught with £300 worth of heroin has been jailed for two years . |
| 54 | Twenty-two year old Gerald Bagshall from Barton Village Road in Oxford has been jailed for two years for possession and supply of drugs . |
| 55 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 56 | Torrel James , 28 , a policeman in Port-of-Spain and a former Trinidad & Tobago Youth representative opening bowler , has been jailed for 15 years and received 20 lashes with the birch after being found guilty of the attempted murder of his girlfriend and her father in 1989 . |
| 57 | A BOAT skipper who took £100,000 in bookings for a ferry service which did not exist has been jailed for 15 months . |
| 58 | A MAN who has made 15 previous court appearances has been jailed for 15 months by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 59 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |
| 60 | A Nottingham car salesman who went with two prostitutes aged fourteen and fifteen has been jailed for three years . |