Example sentences of "have been to prison " in BNC.
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1 | I knew people who had been to prison and they told me , ‘ It 's really bad in there , it 's hard . |
2 | Virtually everybody there had been held on remand or had been to prison before , so knew how the prison ran . |
3 | To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny . |
4 | The plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it was a secret process either because of its nature or because he had been specifically told that it was and Vaisey J pointed out that if it were really secret it was surprising that the defendant 's employment had brought him into contact with it ; he had been to prison in the past . |
5 | Tension just builds up and it builds up , and when you come out you say , ‘ Right , I 've got nothing to lose anyway , I 've been to prison so I know what it 's like . |
6 | I knew when I got into trouble I might get sent back , because when you 've been to prison once , you can be sent back every time you get into trouble . |
7 | The police do n't let you go , once you 've been to prison . |
8 | People look down on you , once you 've been to prison . |
9 | And you get a letter two days later : ‘ I 'm sorry , we ca n't take you because you 've been to prison . ’ |
10 | He meets people who 've been to prison , but not all of them are criminals . |
11 | But now I think , just because I 've been to prison there 's nothing wrong with me . |