Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] from prison " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mandela was brought from prison on Robben Island to join his colleagues , and the trial began on 9 October . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | Last Friday Jacqueline Fletcher was freed from prison . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In early April 1990 , Price was released from prison in Sweden after serving approximately five years of his sentence . |
| 8 | On 6 July , Price was released from prison in this country . |
| 9 | Former Prime Minister ( in 1974-79 ) Patrick John was released from prison the day after the general election , having served only 4@1/2 years of a 12-year sentence imposed in October 1985 for conspiracy to overthrow the government [ see p. 35964 ] . |
| 10 | He had been planning a hunger strike for the right of his French wife Christine to visit him : Serfaty was taken from prison and bundled into a plane bound for France and exile . |
| 11 | 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 . |