Sentence examples for on a roadblock from inspiring English sources

The State Supreme Court had based that conclusion on a roadblock case from Indianapolis that the justices decided in 2000.

MATTHEWS: He was precise and I was very impressed with his amazing ability, standing in front of the American people on a roadblock -- by the way, you couldn't find a channel that he wasn't on tonight -- a roadblock of American attention.

The independent nature of Key West's citizens was demonstrated in April 1982 when they protested the federal government's imposition of a roadblock on the Overseas Highway (to search for illegal drugs) by staging a mock secession from the United States.

Thompson's platoon destroyed "electrical equipment and cables that they expected were hooked up to demolitions", and their bazooka operator destroyed the nearer flak gun, permitting the establishment of a roadblock on the bridge while waiting for the remainder of the 82nd Airborne.

He added: "It is like a driver coming to a roadblock on a road they've never travelled before and three grizzled veterans say: "Don't go any further, we have been up and down this road many times and we're warning you there are falling rocks, mudslides, dangerous hairpin bends and then a sheer drop".

It had pained him to watch from afar on television, to see the horrid video on YouTube, a roadblock, a machete swung at a head.

He was shot while trying to film some men in plainclothes who opened fire on protesters at a roadblock on the outskirts of the city.

In this climate, citizens of neighboring countries have been forced to take measures to prevent further fatalities, including in Mozambique, where an estimated 200 people on Friday put up a roadblock on a route leading to South Africa. .

The broadcaster is following up the TV debut of the ad, at 9.10pm on Friday, with a "roadblock" that will see it run on 24 channels.

On June 29th the guerrillas erected a roadblock on the main road between Medellín and the Caribbean coast.

Zimbabwean police officers and soldiers detained a contingent of American diplomats for five hours on Thursday at a roadblock, slashing the tires of their vehicle after a six-mile chase.