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a 10 year prison sentence - need help (vocab)

Montypython

a 10 year prison sentence - need help (vocab)

Dear friends,

I am not sure about the following sentence; I would like it to be idiomatic.

You will be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Is it correct, please?

If not, how can I say it better, please?

THANKS a lot for your help & support!!!!!!!!!:) Hug

Marie

22 Sep 2011

korova-daisy

It may be " You will be sentenced to 10-year imprisonment".

Julia

22 Sep 2011

Pauline Burke MSc

Your prison sentence will be ten years.

You will do ten years in jail.

You are sentenced to ten years in prison.

Youï¿½ll get ten years in jail for this.

Youï¿½ll do ten years, at least.

22 Sep 2011

lehang

You will be sentenced to 10 years ï¿½ imprisonment

22 Sep 2011

lehang

For example:

North Carolina Woman Sentenced to 10 Yearsï¿½Imprisonment for Attempted Kidnapping

from: http://www.fbi.gov/philadelphia/press-releases/2011/north-carolina-woman-sentenced-to-ten-years-imprisonment-for-attempted-kidnapping

22 Sep 2011

libertybelle

10 years in prison is fine too.
You don ï¿½t need to look any further!!

22 Sep 2011

Montypython

Dear Julia, Pauline, Lehang & Libertybelle,
THANKS a bunch!!!!!!
You are wonderful:) Hug

Have a great day / evening!:)
marie

22 Sep 2011

spinney

For a more colloquial sentence you could say "You are to be sent down for 10 years" or even "banged up for 10 years." We say "to bang someone up" (to incarcerate) and "to send down" (to sentence someone to a custodial term). I hope you haven ï¿½t done anything wrong, Marie. ;-)

23 Sep 2011

Zora

In Canada, we say "he will be put away for ten years". We often use the phrasal "put away" as incarcerate.

23 Sep 2011

Montypython

Thank you dear friends!!!!
luckily... I ï¿½ve done nothing wrong!!!!!:)
just studying crime novels with 1 of my classes!!!!:)
Thanks again!!!!!!! so neat to be able to know for sure what ï¿½s right!!!!!!!!!:)
tons of hugs Hug

marie

23 Sep 2011

Jayho

To add to Spinneyï¿½s suggestions, if you want something really colloquially idiomatic you can can say "he will do time", "he will go to the clink for ten years", "He will serve ten years"

A common phrase: "If you do the crime you must do the time"

Cheers

Jayho

23 Sep 2011