Example sentences of "[be] jailed for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major theme of the paper was that punishment should fit the crime not the criminal , that vandals , thieves , and burglars should not be jailed for persistent offending . |
| 2 | They could be jailed for two years and fined £400 for ‘ engaging in activities requiring a licence when not a licensee ’ , and thirteen other offences which included inserting false or misleading advertisements , canvassing debtor-creditor agreements off trade premises , sending circulars to minors , and supplying unsolicited credit tokens . |
| 3 | But when magistrates told her she 'd be jailed for three months , she collapsed in the dock . |
| 4 | The prosection claims they tampered with a statement in a fraud case five years ago which led to a man being jailed for six years . |
| 5 | Alan , from Hatfield , Herts , watched Fallon , 35 , being jailed for attempted murder at the Old Bailey . |
| 6 | Two Darlington men were jailed for four months by magistrates yesterday for their part in an attempted burglary of a terraced house in the town . |
| 7 | Two older youths were jailed for two years and 18 months . |
| 8 | Ernest Atcheson , 46 , of Matilda Gardens , and Noel Nelson , 34 , of Majestic Drive , were jailed for six years ; Alister Tait , of Utility Street , was sentenced to five years ; Robert Cooper , 26 , of Runnymede Parade and Colin Lindsay , 25 , of Kilwarlin Crescent were each jailed for three years last Tuesday . |
| 9 | Three organisers of an Acid House party who were jailed for three months for breaching an injunction banning an event in Warwickshire were freed in the High Court in London yesterday after apologising . |
| 10 | AN ‘ evil and wicked ’ gang of three armed robbers who terrorised two families were jailed for 65 years yesterday . |
| 11 | Two other men , David Parker , of Heath Road , Middlestone Moor near Spennymoor and George Taylor , of Bridge Street , Bishop Auckland , were jailed for seven years each on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery . |
| 12 | Aaron Hayes , Daniel Williams and John Hughes were jailed for 15 months for conspiracy to rob and possessing an imitation firearm . |
| 13 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 14 | A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years . |
| 15 | A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years . |
| 16 | Here 's the son of Kirk Douglas has been jailed for five days after kicking a policeman ! |
| 17 | The magistrate who tried to kill his wife with a home-made gas chamber has been jailed for nine years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence . |
| 20 | The IRA terrorist , James Canning , has been jailed for thirty years for conspiracy to cause explosions . |
| 21 | A PROFESSIONAL pick-pocket who targeted pensioners has been jailed for 27 months by Liverpool Crown Court . |
| 22 | A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates . |
| 23 | Two animal rights campaigners who took part in a series of firebombings have each been jailed for four years . |
| 24 | A bird breeder has been jailed for four years after stolen rare birds were found wrapped in sacking in the boot of his car . |
| 25 | The former chairman of Swindon Town Football Club Brian Hillier has been jailed for twelve months . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | A YOUNG Belfast man has been jailed for two years for the manslaughter of a Galway barman while on holiday in Salthill last summer . |
| 28 | A KIRKBY man caught with £300 worth of heroin has been jailed for two years . |
| 29 | Twenty-two year old Gerald Bagshall from Barton Village Road in Oxford has been jailed for two years for possession and supply of drugs . |
| 30 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |