Sentence examples for brig for from inspiring English sources

Instead, President Bush declared him an "enemy combatant" and kept him in a Navy brig for more than three years.

He has been held in isolation in the brig for more than five years, although he has never stood trial or been convicted of any crime.

For example, one soldier took an overdose of drugs; once he wasn't at medical risk, his commanding officer put him in the brig for "damaging government property" (himself).

Kelley spent a year in a military brig for crushing his young stepson's skull and assaulting his wife, resulting in his bad-conduct discharge from the Air Force.

He was initially thrown in the brig for falsifying his papers, and on resuming duty was sometimes reprimanded for drawing when he was supposed to be standing watch.

For his part, Captain Yee was placed in solitary confinement in a naval brig for 76 days, much of the time in leg irons and manacles.

In April 1829, for example, 86 islanders boarded the brig Caledonia for the two-month journey, half their fares being paid for by the Duke.

Lewis Baker, the man who shot Poole, tried to flee the country by boarding a brig bound for the Canaries.

The Swiss Alps Ski Train will run every Saturday until 13 April, from London to Lille, where passengers make an easy change to the TGV for the final leg to Switzerland, where stops include Aigle, Martigny, Visp and Brig, handy for Zermatt, Saas Fee, Verbier and Crans Montana.

The Brazilian prisoners were placed together aboard a brig bound for Buenos Aires, capital of the United Provinces.

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