Sentence examples for could be locked up from inspiring English sources
Back then, people could be locked up involuntarily, simply on a relative's say-so.
If most of them do, the two parties' nominations could be locked up by next February.
Do they tell the court, in which case they could be locked up like Rosie Anne and Marlon?
My daughter felt really angry when she found out that people who had left their own country because they were afraid could be locked up here.
Despite playing down the rejection, he described it as "bizarre" that people could be locked up for years and then not receive any compensation.
Tess wished there were a system in which the two of them could be locked up forever, with only each other's company.
The benefits would be twofold, he explained: Tenants could make no claim on the apartments and those who make a fuss could simply be locked up in their homes.
But if the Hong Kong police decide to charge him with forgery, and he is convicted, he could yet be locked up for 14 years.
This means asylum seekers who turn themselves in at the border in addition to those caught having crossed it could be locked up for months.
