Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [verb] [prep] five years " in BNC.

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1 An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson .
2 A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years .
3 A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years .
4 It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 .
5 The team doctor , Daniel Rodriguez , gets a life ban for submitting a fraudulent medical certificate detailing Rojas 's ‘ injury ’ ; and Fernando Astengo , Chile 's vice-captain who led the players off the pitch in the Maracana , has been suspended for five years .
6 Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends .
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