Sentence examples for he did time from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Do time.

(UK) When someone is doing time, they are in prison.

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And he did, time and again.

He did time for dealing and using drugs, and for the violence that unfolded around that.

He did time for glassing a friend in the face after the friend said, "I can see through you".

Just before his legal contretemps, he did time as a blogosphere whipping boy for his Internet groveling for a James Beard award.

Last year, he did time in the French tabloids after his much-discussed breakup from Charlotte Casiraghi, a member of the royal family of Monaco.

He did time in the Central African Republic after foolishly returning there in 1987, but won early release; in 1996, he had a state funeral.

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He did time on Riker's Island.

He committed a crime and did time.

And he'd done time.

He'd done time for burglary.

That's what he has done time and time again.

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