Example sentences of "[vb infin] to prison [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you were prepared to let Fairfax-Vane go to prison despite having the means to prevent it . |
| 2 | ‘ You know you can go to prison for failure to report a source of income like this ? ’ he said . |
| 3 | Everyone who sets out to attack a pensioner should know that if he is caught , he will go to prison for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't see Spencer go to prison for this , ’ she said brokenly . |
| 5 | A mugger might go to prison for lifting a few pounds from his victim — and so he should . |
| 6 | Doctors and hospitals are a good target , ‘ they should be made to pay ’ ; the man driving the other car ‘ should go to prison for life ’ ; the murderer should be hung . |
| 7 | What did he go to prison for ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do you go to prison for killing people ? ’ |
| 9 | If a thorough search was made of the ale-house and its out-buildings he would go to prison for a great many years . |
| 10 | Will the Minister still tell people in Calderdale that no one who can not afford to pay the poll tax will go to prison for that inability ? |
| 11 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |
| 12 | He was not a very intelligent man ; intelligent men do not go to prison with such sad regularity . |
| 13 | Margaret Hughes , from Lentwardine in Herefordshire , has been warned she may go to prison after admitting 14 cases of cruelty to farm animals . |