Sentence examples for been held for five from inspiring English sources

The second lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, said in an interview on Wednesday that he had been released Tuesday after having been held for five days.

For the last five years Sold has been held for five hours on a summer Saturday, at a central London conference centre for around 2,500 people.

The journalist Maziar Bahari joined his pregnant wife in London this week after being freed from an Iranian prison where he had been held for five months.

In civilian courts, defendants have not been held for five years, nor does the state assert the right to hold them indefinitely without trial or without bringing charges.

It would be the first transfer of Guantánamo Bay detainees since five former Taliban commanders were exchanged in May for Bowe Bergdahl, the army sergeant who had been held for five years by the Taliban.

During the conversation, Akbar Ganji, one of Iran's best-known and most daring political commentators, called from Evin Prison, where he has been held for five months awaiting trial for his articles against the excesses of the system.

Mr. Baghi had previously been held for three years.

Some of the men have been held for three years.

The three men who fled to Australia have been held for two months.

The district has been held for seven terms by Dave Weldon, a Republican who is retiring.

They have been held for three weeks now at an undisclosed location.