Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [verb] for five " in BNC.
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| 1 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 2 | A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years . |
| 3 | A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years . |
| 4 | Here 's the son of Kirk Douglas has been jailed for five days after kicking a policeman ! |
| 5 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 6 | CHRIS BURTON , Featherstone 's former Great Britain forward , has been suspended for five matches by the Rugby League disciplinary committee after being sent off for a head tackle in Featherstone 's home championship defeat by Leeds last Sunday . |
| 7 | The team doctor , Daniel Rodriguez , gets a life ban for submitting a fraudulent medical certificate detailing Rojas 's ‘ injury ’ ; and Fernando Astengo , Chile 's vice-captain who led the players off the pitch in the Maracana , has been suspended for five years . |
| 8 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 9 | Now we 've got three points there it 's probably they they give you four here so we 'll do another one erm , when he 's been travelling for five hours how far 's he gone ? |
| 10 | Okay and when it 's been travelling for five hours it goes through erm what 's another station up there ? let's say Carlisle something like that . |