Example sentences of "jail for [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 AMAN jailed for 12 years for robbery after he was picked out on an identity parade because of his ‘ frightening , evil , and sadistic eyes ’ , was cleared by the Court of Appeal in London yesterday .
2 In a well-publicized case , Judge Peck sitting in Wandsworth County Court issued an order committing the thirty-one-year-old Lord Mancroft to jail for seven days for contempt of court after repeatedly failing to meet four court orders to pay debts totalling more than £4,000 to Moss Bros the tailors , Barclaycard , a firm of vets and an international transport company .
3 A week later Michael Musgrove , 21 , was jailed for 13 years for raping three women and indecently assaulting two others .
4 Clarke was jailed for 5 years for manslaughter and supplying drugs .
5 Bailey was jailed for 5 years for starting the fire .
6 A third defendant , Patrick Fraser , aged 38 , of Catford , south London , was jailed for eight years for possessing 501 grams of cocaine with intent to supply .
7 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 .
8 The headmaster of a private school for boys , who was jailed for twelve years for sex offences against eight of his pupils , has failed in his challenge against the convictions .
9 Malcolm Conway Graham , 41 , a Kent residential social worker jailed for five years for having unlawful sex with two teenage girls in his care , was cleared in respect of one girl .
10 A GIRL was yesterday jailed for five years for stabbing her teenage love rival to death .
11 An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson .
12 He was jailed for five years for manslaughter but today it was reduced to three and a half years .
13 Shaun Gooch was jailed for five years for causing the deaths and a further three months for driving while disqualified .
14 A Malaysian was jailed for five years for biting off the finger of a policeman who stopped him from stealing a motorcycle .
15 The IRA terrorist , James Canning , has been jailed for thirty years for conspiracy to cause explosions .
16 He was jailed for 3.5 years for his part in the affair .
17 A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates .
18 Khmail , jailed for four years for intifada-related offences , was appointed to the Palestinian side by Mr Faisal al Husseini , delegation head , according to Israeli reports .
19 He was jailed for eighteen months for unlawful sexual intercourse .
20 The other case which gained even more extensive coverage , including the front page in some newspapers , involved a headmaster eventually jailed for eighteen months for having sexual intercourse with a pupil aged 14 .
21 A youth has been jailed for eighteen months for beating a man so badly his own father did n't recognise him .
22 Twenty-five year old David Taylor of Chillingworth Crescent in Woodfarm has been jailed for eighteen months for possession of drugs .
23 A couple , jailed for eighteen years for attempted murder , have lodged appeals against their conviction and sentences .
24 In April Stephen Tomkinson , 32 , was jailed for 14 years for raping a woman in her home .
25 In October Glory Kwantreng , a 32-year-old kitchen porter , was jailed for 14 years for raping a 19-year-old student .
26 Spencer , and another former Strangeways inmate , Andrew Nelson , 22 , who was among four men acquitted of riot , were both jailed for 18 months for contempt of court after threats to jurors and their families .
27 THE ISRAELI Embassy in London replied last month to members who wrote urging the release of Abie Nathan , a peace activist jailed for 18 months for ‘ openly meeting with Yasser Arafat and other members of the PLO ’ .
28 ABIE Nathan , the peace activist jailed for 18 months for ‘ openly meeting with Yasser Arafat ’ , has been released , according to the Israeli Embassy in London .
29 A BUSINESSMAN has been jailed for 18 months for receiving thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods .
30 A farmer has been jailed for six months for cruelty to his animals .
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