Sentence examples for didn't detain from inspiring English sources

Forbes himself didn't detain us long with his gracefully brief remarks – certainly not as long as the breakfast speech I attended at the Savoy (I think) in 1996 or 2000 when he was running for US president.

But again, they didn't detain him.

She sent me to the psychiatric hospital who didn't detain me, but put me on antidepressants.

She sent me to the psychiatric hospital, which didn't detain me but put me on antidepressants.

Such matters did not detain the German choreographer Pina Bausch.

But the speech did not detain them more than five minutes.

The police questioned the tenant but did not detain him, a law enforcement official said.

"UK forces did not detain these individuals, they transported them," the ministry said.

Even so, the government did not detain Mr. Hutomo, a millionaire businessman with a reputation for extravagant living.

The agent ran a check on Mr. Hilton's license plate number but did not detain him.

The report noted that China's central government "stated that it did not detain or arrest anyone solely because of his or her religion".