Example sentences of "was [vb pp] for 10 year " in BNC.
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1 | In another case , a director of an investment company was disqualified for 10 years and his co-director for six years because they had caused the company to continue trading while insolvent , had transferred assets to other companies which subsequently failed , and had been seriously negligent . |
2 | AFORMER council youth leader known as the general was jailed for 10 years yesterday after organising three acid house parties at which hard drugs were openly available . |
3 | LOVESICK Andrew Blacklock , 30 , was jailed for 10 years after admitting armed robbery at a bank in Maida Vale , London , because he needed cash to get married in Australia . |
4 | He was jailed for 10 years . |
5 | A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday . |
6 | Peter Clowes , BC 's founder , was jailed for 10 years in February for fraud and theft . |
7 | A TEENAGE IRA girl was jailed for 10 years yesterday for plotting to kill troops — while her accomplice was given life for helping in the murder of a businessman . |
8 | Michael Rock , who 'd allowed his house in London to be used by the gang , was jailed for 10 years and a 76-year-old courier , George Chay , who 'd brought LSD into Britain from California , was jailed for just four years because the judge said he did n't want him to die in prison . |