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

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1 Alan Bond jailed for two and a half years
2 After Johnson was jailed for 5 and a half years for armed robbery and the escape attempt , the Home Office said that a full inquiry had been carried out and they were satisfied there was no negligence by staff at Bullingdon Prison .
3 A ROYAL Navy technician who was extradited to New Zealand from Britain was jailed for five and a half years in Christchurch yesterday for snatching a woman off a beach and raping her .
4 A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen .
5 Kevin Kennedy , who 's twenty two , was jailed for four and a half years .
6 A woman who staged an IRA bomb hoax at an army barracks after being jilted by a soldier has been jailed for four and a half months .
7 He was jailed for two and a half years , to run consecutive to his present term , which means he has been sentenced to 21 years since 1973 .
8 The former treasurer of a polytechnic student union has been jailed for two and a half years for stealing forty thousand pounds .
9 Ian Baxter admitted charges of grievous bodily harm and interfering with a motor vehicle ; he was jailed for two and a half years .
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