Sentence examples for getting a detention from inspiring English sources

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From seeing friends routinely dodge the slipper following a set of bad maths results; to the kids in my primary school who were sent on "holiday" after getting a detention, only to never return.

And earlier that day in Florence Township, N.J., a middle school student, apparently angry about getting a detention, was arrested after threatening to shoot the principal, a teacher and another student.

We take one car and I am close to getting a detention because I have been late so many times.

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So I said: "Look, without evidence, you cannot even get a detention warrant from the Procuratorate".

For example, if a student is late then they get a detention – no excuses, and no exceptions.

Police have three days from arrest to charge Fernando and Mahesan, release them, or get a detention order on grounds of national security from the president.

Uniform rules can be taken too far: I was once told I would get a detention for every day I turned up to school with my grey bag instead of a black one.

Asked whether it made any difference that the team had blamed Rosberg, Hamilton replied: "It reminds me of being at school... teachers will talk, but they don't do nothing, you just get a detention.

You may get a detention.

You might even get a detention.

After a few, you'll get a detention.

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