Example sentences of "have been jailed for " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | A group of publishers and journalists from 38 African countries has called on the United Nations to declare censorship a grave violation of human rights and has asked African governments to free journalists who have been jailed for their professional activities . |
2 | Eleven men have been jailed for up to ten years each for their part in the Strangeways prison riot . |
3 | Two men have been jailed for a total of ( 11 ) eleven years for kidnapping and robbing a motorist . |
4 | Two directors of Britain 's largest independent toy company have been jailed for masterminding an eight million pounds fraud . |
5 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |
6 | It 's first time hunt supporters have been jailed for assaulting a protester . |
7 | Two men who raided a supermarket after kidnapping the supervisor and her husband at gunpoint have been jailed for a total of twelve years . |
8 | Two men have been jailed for a total of fifty five years in America for shooting a British couple who were on holiday . |
9 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
10 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
11 | A surgeon and his wife who 's also a doctor have been jailed for nine and three months respectively for repeatedly assaulting their housemaid . |