I.
noun
1 group of words
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪
Try to keep your ~s short.
▪ complete , whole
▪ broken , incomplete
▪ full
▪
She was a gifted child and could speak in full ~s at a very young age.
▪ single
▪
The argument can be distilled into a single ~.
▪ grammatical , ungrammatical
▪ coherent
▪ affirmative , declarative , negative
▪ complex , simple
▪ run-on ( AmE )
▪ opening
▪
the opening ~ of the novel
▪
‘Once upon a time … ’—the opening ~ to some of our very best-loved fairy tales
▪ following
▪
I came across the following ~ in a paper recently …
VERB + SENTENCE
▪ begin
▪ finish
▪
Peter finished Jane's ~ for her.
▪ complete
▪
Complete the following ~: ‘I love dictionaries because … ’.
▪ end
▪
He tells her not to end her ~s with prepositions.
▪ speak , utter
▪
Troy uttered one last ~.
▪
The last ~ was spoken considerably more softly than the others.
▪ construct , form , formulate , string together , write
▪
He can barely form a grammatical ~.
▪
Cooke was so nervous he could barely string a ~ together.
▪ parse
▪ punctuate ( usually figurative )
▪
She punctuated her ~ with a well-aimed kick at his right shin.
▪ read
▪
I kept reading the same ~ over and over again.
SENTENCE + VERB
▪ contain sth , have sth
▪
Does the ~ contain an adverb?
SENTENCE + NOUN
▪ structure
2 punishment given by a judge
ADJECTIVE
▪ maximum , minimum
▪
the mandatory minimum ~ ( AmE )
▪ average
▪ long , short
▪ harsh , heavy , severe , stiff
▪ lenient , light
▪ reduced
▪
He turned state's evidence in return for a reduced ~.
▪ indeterminate ( esp. BrE )
▪ appropriate
▪ mandatory
▪
The judge imposed the mandatory ~ for murder.
▪ suspended
▪ jail , prison
▪ criminal
▪
He suggested doubling the criminal ~s for company executives.
▪ custodial , non-custodial (both BrE )
▪ death
▪ life
VERB + SENTENCE
▪ hand down , impose , pass , pronounce
▪
The judge will pass ~ on the accused this afternoon.
▪ be given , get , receive
▪ begin ( esp. BrE )
▪
He has begun a life ~ for Carol's murder.
▪ serve
▪
He will have to serve a life ~.
▪ carry out , complete
▪
ex-felons who have completed their ~s
▪ await ( esp. BrE )
▪
He spent a week in custody awaiting ~.
▪ face
▪
She could face a long prison ~.
▪ suspend
▪ appeal ( esp. AmE ), appeal against ( BrE )
▪ review
▪ commute , reduce
▪
The death ~ may be commuted to life imprisonment.
▪ overturn , quash ( BrE )
▪ uphold
▪
The US Supreme Court recently upheld both of these ~s.
▪ carry
▪
This type of assault carries a maximum ~ of six months in prison.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
an eight-year ~ for burglary
PHRASES
▪ under ~ of death
▪
He was imprisoned under ~ of death.
▪
He has been in prison for two months under ~ of death.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ hereby
▪
I hereby ~ you to death by hanging.
(= as spoken by a judge)
▪ in absentia
▪
He has been convicted and ~d in absentia.
(= he was not present at the trial.)
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They had been ~d for murder.
▪ to
▪
He was ~d to two years in prison.
▪
The judge ~d her to life imprisonment.
Sentence is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ court , ↑ judge , ↑ magistrate , ↑ tribunal
Sentence is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ defendant , ↑ murderer , ↑ offender