Example sentences of "imprison for life " in BNC.
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1 | He was able to complete his conquest of his brother 's duchy without interruption , and to imprison for life — perhaps to blind — the only member of his family who deserved the protection of the Church . |
2 | He was instead imprisoned for life . |
3 | 27 You are to be imprisoned for life . |
4 | ‘ That woman should be imprisoned for life , ’ she grumbled . |
5 | This spread to a penitentiary where several opponents of Aristide were held , including Roger Lafontant , imprisoned for life in July for leading an abortive coup in January 1991 [ see pp. 37955 ; 38332 ] . |
6 | On July 29 the Northern Ireland appeal court in Belfast released three out of four of the former Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ) members imprisoned for life in 1986 for the 1983 murder of a Catholic man [ see p. 34318 ] . |
7 | Three others were imprisoned for life and 18 received lesser terms in two sedition trials , the first such cases under anti-terrorism legislation introduced in July [ see p. 39030 ] . |
8 | One of his accomplices was imprisoned for life , and four others were sentenced to between three and 15 years . |