Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] prison [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America a journalist was sent to prison for refusing to disclose information which could have revealed the innocence of a person on trial , but prison would not normally be an option in a civil case . |
| 2 | Mr Mandela was brought from prison on Robben Island to join his colleagues , and the trial began on 9 October . |
| 3 | Bankrupt Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond was released from prison on Aug. 27 after the Western Australian Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a fraud conviction against him . |
| 4 | Following an appeal made by Major during his visit , the Hong Kong businessman Luo Haixing was released from prison on Sept. 9 " on bail for medical treatment outside the country " . |
| 5 | Despenser 's heir was released from prison in July 1331 , but had to wait until 1337 before receiving any of his father 's inheritance . |
| 6 | Vennard got 18 months for ‘ a deliberate and dangerous act ’ and Smillie was sent to prison for nine months . |
| 7 | At Oxford Crown court today Langton was sent to prison for ten years … |
| 8 | These were accepted by the judges as signs of his madness , and in the end Boldwood was sent to prison for life . |
| 9 | Sophie 's father was put in prison by the French , but Felix and his father had helped him to escape and leave France . |
| 10 | On April 28 Palestinian academic and PLO supporter Sari Nusseibeh was released from prison after three months of " administrative detention " for allegedly carrying out spying activities for Iraq [ see p. 37976 ] . |
| 11 | Veteran peace campaigner Abie Nathan was released from prison on March 30 after serving six months of an 18-month sentence for meeting Yassir Arafat , chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization . |
| 12 | Later on , when Richard Baxter was sent to prison for his faith in 1669 , Margaret went with him , bringing her ‘ best bed ’ with her . |
| 13 | He was reported to have said that the killing was ordered from prison by a Jihad leader Sawfat Abdel Ghani , who had been convicted of involvement in the killing of al-Mahgoub . |
| 14 | After his inevitable conviction Cranmer was brought from prison in Oxford to the University Church of St Mary the Virgin to be formally degraded by the papal commissioners . |
| 15 | In early April 1990 , Price was released from prison in Sweden after serving approximately five years of his sentence . |
| 16 | On 6 July , Price was released from prison in this country . |
| 17 | Mr Bull said since Smith was released from prison in April 1990 , after laundering stolen cheques , he had been unable to get a job until he managed to fool the WDA . |