Example sentences of "sentenced [prep] [adj] [noun] ' jail " in BNC.

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1 Mr Baig , a Lahore business man , was the subject of a BBC documentary four years ago about a Japanese heroin smuggler who was caught in Amsterdam and sentenced to 10 years ' jail .
2 France of Brentwood , Essex , admitted theft and was sentenced to six months ' jail , suspended for two years .
3 One young Lhasa lay-woman , a secondary school teacher , was sentenced to two years ' jail for writing a manifesto .
4 Last October he was sentenced to 18 months ' jail — 12 months suspended — for reckless driving and driving while banned .
5 ANIMAL rights workers cheered yesterday as the man branded Britain 's cruel lest farmer was sentenced to three months ' jail .
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