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jail - use in sentences
Object
- killer: BBC News, ' Vampire ' killer jailed for life.
Converse of object
- overcrowd: But going into police cells was necessary in some parts of the country as overcrowded jails reached breaking point.
- spare: Under-age sex youth spared jail A teenager who had sex with an 11-year-old girl has been put on probation for three years.
- escape: Racist attacker after September 11 escapes 01-05-2002 A MAN who went on a racist wrecking spree just days after September 11 has escaped jail.
- face: In his country workers face jail for being a member of a union!
Adjective modifier
- Texan: It is anticipated they are likely to spend two years in a Texan jail, awaiting trial.
- Pakistani: Pakistan on its part denies their presence in any Pakistani jail.
- Turkish: One Kurdish girl had been tortured before in a Turkish jail.
Modifies a noun
- sentence: A six-year jail sentence was imposed in June 2003.
- breakoutstwin: Had no problem museum and the jail breakoutstwin cities.
- term: Short jail terms are more likely to deter first time offenders than 40 hours community service.
- cell: Hung himself in a jail cell a couple weeks ago.
Noun used with modifier
- county: Spent more than onto the floor the county jail.
Preposition: for
- perjury: The software has already led to one motorist being jailed for perjury.
- murder: Brett Clifton, 22, of Faversham, Kent, has been jailed for the murders of elderly couple Terry and Vera Martin.
- month: Her mother, Maria Brown, was jailed for 18 months for child cruelty.
- robbery: Kate ( not her real name ) served 15 months in jail for street robbery.
- offense: He was jailed for drug offenses in October 1967.
- assault: An Elmbridge man has been jailed for assault following his sentencing at crown court last week.
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