Sentence examples for been held for almost from inspiring English sources

One had been held for almost seven years.

"One of the prisoners has been held for almost thirty years".

Some have been held for almost fifteen years, many in solitary confinement.

They had been held for almost three weeks for leading a sit-in to demand that the hungry be fed and a power-sharing deal be finalized.

Carla Ferstman, director of human rights organisation Redress, said: "Nazanin has been held for almost 100 days without access to a lawyer and without being brought before a credible judicial body.

Two vans that were to carry the hostages, some of whom have been held for almost four months, returned empty from the rebels' area on remote Jolo island, and military escorts and armored personnel carriers were withdrawn.

He was recently released on bail after being held for almost a month on terrorism charges.

He was arrested under the Terrorism Act and was held for almost five days in the PSNI's serious crimes suite in Antrim police station.

Kalief Browder became the face of a movement to reform the prison after the New Yorker detailed how he was held for almost three years without trial.

Pictures from inside the prison where Oscar Pistorius was held for almost a year have emerged as South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal decides whether he will be sent back there to serve a sentence for murder.

He was sent to Syria, to which the United States had assigned some of its violent interrogation, and was held for almost a year until everyone agreed he was not a terrorist and he was released.