Sentence examples for I am detained from inspiring English sources

A few days later, I am detained at a train station.

"I believed the country has grown democratically, but if I am detained and prosecuted, my case will confirm what is being said out there," Mr. Erlinder said.

As I am detained for the third time in the first week it begins to dawn on me that rambling a military zone might prove problematic.

More tellingly, I am warned that no amount of paperwork will protect me if I am detained by an "irregular" branch of the security or intelligence services while interviewing members of the public.

"I am detained fighting to stay with my daughters they need me they are very little".

"Explain what I'm detained for... What I am detained for?" One officer replied that he was being arrested for trespassing.  .

"Am I being detained?" he asked after the regular checkpoint security search had been completed.

You should use that exact language: "Am I being detained?" Police must tell you whether they are detaining you.

I am detaining the parts of Pinafore, so that the directors shall not take them away from the Comique tomorrow, and I base my claim on the precedent you set".

Then in August 2009 I was detained.

I was detained several times but never jailed.