Example sentences of "[was/were] jailed for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Two older youths were jailed for two years and 18 months .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 AN ‘ evil and wicked ’ gang of three armed robbers who terrorised two families were jailed for 65 years yesterday .
6 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 .
7 Aaron Hayes , Daniel Williams and John Hughes were jailed for 15 months for conspiracy to rob and possessing an imitation firearm .
8 He was jailed for eighteen months for unlawful sexual intercourse .
9 ABE NATHAN , the former RAF Spitfire pilot who for 23 years has led an often lonely crusade for peace , was jailed for six months yesterday by a Ramla court for breaking an Israeli anti-terrorism law by meeting the PLO chairman , Yasser Arafat , in September last year .
10 She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits .
11 Osbourne , of Wallasey , who won £12,000 , was jailed for six months by Liverpool Crown Court .
12 A DETECTIVE inspector 's daughter was jailed for six months yesterday for stealing £3,000 from athlete Kriss Akabusi , who won a World Championship gold medal .
13 Spence was jailed for six months at Newcastle .
14 A MAN branded Britain 's worst motorist was jailed for six months yesterday after clocking up his 12th drink-driving offence .
15 After a 3 hour hearing Oliffe was jailed for six months , as well as banned from keeping farm animals for life .
16 He was jailed for six months , fined £500 and banned from driving for 25 years .
17 Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal .
18 But the company and police trapped Portuguese-born Antonio Quintas , 37 , a waiter , of Victoria Road , Portslade , East Sussex , who admitted blackmail and was jailed for six years .
19 A JILTED lover who drugged a young mother , tortured her with an electric shock gun and raped her in front of her children was jailed for six years yesterday .
20 A MAN who beat his unfaithful wife to death after she viciously grabbed his testicles was jailed for six years yesterday .
21 A man who admitted twice raping his 15-year-old daughter and indecently assaulting her teenage friend was jailed for six years .
22 Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order .
23 Muise was jailed for six years .
24 But the officers ' dedication led to the conviction of Carl Dodds , of Blackfell , Washington , who was jailed for six years at Durham Crown Court last December for robbery .
25 A MAN was jailed for six years at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday for his part in attempting to murder a man after luring him into a night of torture .
26 Rachael was jailed for 7 years .
27 He was jailed for 13 years after Customs officers found three- quarters of a ton of the drug in the back of his lorry at Dover .
28 A week later Michael Musgrove , 21 , was jailed for 13 years for raping three women and indecently assaulting two others .
29 He was jailed for 3.5 years for his part in the affair .
30 JOHN Joseph McGinn , 31 , of Hillside Avenue , Huyton , was jailed for 120 days by Wirral magistrates after admitting driving while disqualified at Wallasey , having consumed excess alcohol and having no insurance .
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