Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [num] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BANGOR man found in possession of cannabis worth a street value of £40,000 has been jailed for 18 months . |
| 2 | A MAN of 28 who bit of the tip of another man 's nose during a fight has been jailed for 18 months . |
| 3 | A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for 18 months for receiving thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods . |
| 4 | A man who tortured a cat in the cellar of his house has been jailed for six months . |
| 5 | A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A DARLINGTON woman has been jailed for six months . |
| 8 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
| 9 | A man who was caught in possession of a stolen famous painting has been jailed for eighteen months at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 10 | A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him . |
| 11 | Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs . |
| 12 | The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months . |
| 13 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
| 14 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 15 | A BOAT skipper who took £100,000 in bookings for a ferry service which did not exist has been jailed for 15 months . |
| 16 | A MAN who has made 15 previous court appearances has been jailed for 15 months by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 17 | A man has been jailed for three months for shooting dead a pair of swans . |
| 18 | FORMER Liverpool City Council trade unionist Tony Gavin , who stole welfare funds , has been jailed for three months . |
| 19 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 20 | If for instance , an employee has been employed for six months or more , the governing body must give the LEA a written statement of the reasons for dismissal . |
| 21 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
| 22 | FORMER British light-heavywight champion Steve McCarthy has been suspended for three months , fined £1,000 and banned from fighting abroad by the British Board of Control after being disqualified in the third round of a bout with Darius Michalczeski in Hamburg in September . |
| 23 | The striking out is automatic as compared with Ord 13 , r 3(4) where the court has to give notice of intention to strike out where no action has been taken for 12 months . |
| 24 | The money , under the EC 's Rechar programme , has been frozen for 18 months while the political dispute raged on . |
| 25 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 26 | POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months . |
| 27 | DUBLIN 'S Tommy Carr has been banned for six months following his sending off in the recent National League Football final against Donegal . |
| 28 | He has been banned for six months after being sent off in the Royal Liver League final replay against Donegal . |
| 29 | One of the rebels , vice-chairman Ronnie Teese , 56 , who has been banned for 12 months , said the club was ‘ terrified of the can of worms they might find ’ . |
| 30 | Phillip Thorpe , deputy chief executive of the Securities and Futures Authority , has been seconded for six months to assist Andrew Large , chairman of the Securities and Investments Board , in his review of the way the SIB carries out its regulatory responsibilities . |