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Discover LudwigThe phrase "get a sentence" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to receive or obtain a punishment or consequence for an action or behavior. Example: The judge told the defendant to prepare for his sentencing tomorrow. He knew he was going to get a sentence for his crime.
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"I get a sentence, an idea, an image, and I start," he said.
He loves her so much he just can't get a sentence out without mentioning her.
Until we get a sentence there is nothing for us to react to".
Inmates who successfully complete the program can get a sentence reduction of up to a year.
And don't try any Locke, you wouldn't get a sentence on a page.
Just imagine how important it feels to get a sentence into a budget speech and get driven around by chauffeurs.
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"He essentially got a sentence that is commensurate with a triple homicide," Mr. Savitt said.
His wife got a sentence of six and three-quarters years.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Labour's most important politician in the past 20 years, gets a paragraph; his successor, Gordon Brown, gets a sentence.
The question is whether he gets a sentence of up to ten years, or a suspended one that could become real if he is politically active.
More recently UBS's Kweku Adoboli only got a sentence half as long for losing $2.3bn in unauthorised trades from his London office.
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