Example sentences of "to prison " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April 1981 he was again arrested for articles he had written in association with democracy activist Xu Wenli , tried in May 1982 and sent to prison . |
| 2 | Even when I went to prison it was n't explained to me . |
| 3 | the bourgeoisie erected an ideological barrier around those who went to prison … [ an ideology ] about crime , criminals , theft , the mob , degenerates , ‘ animals ’ … which was in part linked with racialism … |
| 4 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 5 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 6 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 7 | I will never go to prison . |
| 8 | The Book of Revelation , which Tolstoy said ‘ reveals absolutely nothing ’ , is more heavily marked than anything else in the New Testament which Dostoevsky took to prison with him , and we know that huge overarching shapes like Baal , the Kingdom of Antichrist , are beginning to appear in his writing from the early 1860s . |
| 9 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 10 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 11 | Since 1965 , when the Communist party of Indonesia was blamed for an attempted coup and banned , and hundreds of thousands of communists were killed or sent to prison , the legal instrument most often used to curb political offences has been the Anti-Subversion Law . |
| 12 | ‘ He has lost his pension rights and the personal affection of those dear to him and also , when a police officer goes to prison , he often carries an extra load for his misdoings . ’ |
| 13 | Lester Piggott , his brilliant successor from the 1960s to the 1980s , was driven by such a desperate , obsessive need for wealth and security that he was sent to prison for persistently defrauding the Inland Revenue of its share of his millions . |
| 14 | Detainees are often subject to prison conditions despite the fact that they have not committed any crime . |
| 15 | If this stops another innocent person going to prison , it 'll be well worth it … |
| 16 | They first extracted a written guarantee of good conduct from her uncle and aunt , who are now required to pay for the medical treatment which , if successful , will allow the woman to return to prison . |
| 17 | Lord Lane said there was a risk of the girl suffering further and perhaps more serious damage if her father went to prison , and of the family suffering hardship if he could work . |
| 18 | All offenders should be supervised after their release and returned to prison to serve out their full sentences if they re-offended . |
| 19 | Mr Waddington , who hopes to eliminate prison overcrowding within three years , now appears to be satisfied that other sections of his white paper will reduce the number of less-serious offenders sent to prison . |
| 20 | The prosecutor appealed and Mr Carnogursky was returned to prison . |
| 21 | In America a journalist was sent to prison for refusing to disclose information which could have revealed the innocence of a person on trial , but prison would not normally be an option in a civil case . |
| 22 | The average black boy is more likely to go to prison than university . |
| 23 | A possible committal to prison on account of her long-standing beliefs did not frighten her in the least . |
| 24 | Although popular in Japan , the sight of Douglas being sent to prison was deemed too ‘ down ’ for Western audiences . |
| 25 | But the judge added : ‘ The time has come when Mr Davies has to realise that if the caravans are not removed from the site he may well go to prison , because he will be in contempt of the court order . ’ |
| 26 | In concluding he promised to go to prison rather than pay his fine . |
| 27 | At that time that was a sad day for many people , the day he went to prison . |
| 28 | Even those men , such as Bert Cooke and John Douglas , who were later critical of ministers becoming professional politicians , found themselves acting in the political arena as they tried to explain to an increasingly interested audience why their spiritual leader was being sent to prison . |
| 29 | In 1866 , William Johnson of Ballykilbegs led a banned march , was sent to prison , and on his release was elected to Parliament by Protestant voters . |
| 30 | ‘ Kip quiet or you 'll be sent to prison and fed on bread and wayter . |