"sentence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sentence verbo

verbo + sentence
Kolokacji: 7
sentenced after pleading • sentenced for violating • sentenced for murdering • sentenced for taking • sentenced for stealing • ...
(1) plead, take, find
Kolokacji: 3
(2) violate, steal
Kolokacji: 2
  • In March 1997 he was sentenced to three years' jail for stealing $122,585 in campaign donations.
  • In 1983, he was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nuclear secrets.
  • A criminal was sentenced to life in prison for stealing watermelons.
  • The prosecutor in the case was dismissed three years ago after he was sentenced to prison for stealing $125,000 from an office account.
  • In 1824 he was sentenced to death for stealing a horse.
  • On March 18, 2010, a Polish court sentenced three men to prison for stealing the sign.
  • A Manhattan bookkeeper was sentenced to 6 to 18 years in prison yesterday for stealing over $8 million from the publishing company she worked for.
  • I had only one cellmate, a 21-year-old woman who was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing 1,300 yuan, about $150.
  • A person could be sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread.
  • One soldier was sentenced to 700 lashes for stealing a beehive.
(3) murder, conspire
Kolokacji: 2
sentence + preposición
Kolokacji: 13
sentenced to • sentenced for • sentenced in • sentenced on • sentenced without • ...
sentence + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 10
later sentenced • eventually sentenced • originally sentenced • initially sentenced • formally sentenced • ...

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