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

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1 They could be jailed for two years and fined £400 for ‘ engaging in activities requiring a licence when not a licensee ’ , and thirteen other offences which included inserting false or misleading advertisements , canvassing debtor-creditor agreements off trade premises , sending circulars to minors , and supplying unsolicited credit tokens .
2 Two older youths were jailed for two years and 18 months .
3 A policeman has been jailed for thirty months after he attacked a motorist and tried to cover up the offence .
4 A bird breeder has been jailed for four years after stolen rare birds were found wrapped in sacking in the boot of his car .
5 A twenty five year old father from Worcester has been jailed for two years after his baby daughter suffered horrific injuries while in his care .
6 An armed robber has been jailed for fifteen years after shots were fired at police during a chase after a post office raid .
7 Torrel James , 28 , a policeman in Port-of-Spain and a former Trinidad & Tobago Youth representative opening bowler , has been jailed for 15 years and received 20 lashes with the birch after being found guilty of the attempted murder of his girlfriend and her father in 1989 .
8 Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order .
9 He was jailed for 13 years after Customs officers found three- quarters of a ton of the drug in the back of his lorry at Dover .
10 Walker was jailed for nine months and banned from the driving for two years .
11 The 37-year-old father-of-three was jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of cheating the Royal Bank of Scotland out of nearly £7,000 .
12 Leslie Thomas , aged 27 , who organised acid house parties in London , was jailed for five years and three months at the Old Bailey yesterday .
13 Slater , of Redcar Road , Middlesbrough , admitted reckless driving , assault and criminal damage in April and was jailed for four months and banned from driving for the same period .
14 He was jailed for two weeks and banned from driving for 18 months .
15 But Alexander McLaren , 37 , of Forgandenny Road , Bridge of Earn , was jailed for two years after he was found guilty of a reduced charge .
16 Raper was jailed for two years and Allen for six months , Sir Nicolas saying it was one of the most serious contempts he had ever come across .
17 Jamie Ray , another American , was jailed for 4 years and also ordered to be deported .
18 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 .
19 ARMY officer James Mundell , 22 , was jailed for eight weeks and kicked out of his brigadier father 's regiment yesterday for brawling at Bulford , Wilts .
20 Terence Jowers , of Palm Street , was jailed for 15 months and Hardman , of Lytton Street , both Middlesbrough , was jailed for two years .
21 In June Paul Callaghan , 27 , was jailed for 15 years after he admitted five robberies , a rape and an indecent assault .
22 On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary .
23 Davies , a security guard , of Feltham , north London , was jailed for 30 months after he admitted two charges of false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm .
24 Allan Pursuitte , an American , was jailed for 12 years and ordered to be deported .
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