Sentence examples for put up a roadblock from inspiring English sources
Police put up a roadblock, closing five lanes of traffic.
"The whole reason for the rules is to put up a roadblock for these kids going pro," Johnson said.
In "The Bar on the Seine" (1931), a guest at a country weekend party is killed, and the police put up a roadblock.
The proposal currently on the table appears likely to make it through a vote in the House of Representatives, but Senate Republicans could put up a roadblock to the rescue package.
In a similar vein the Republican-controlled House has put up a roadblock to a transportation bill passed by the Senate that has the potential to be a more powerful job engine than the auto bailout.
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. .
In March the Patent Office agreed to a second reexam, again putting up a roadblock to Brown's licensing campaign.
"We put up a fiscal roadblock, and that made him rethink his plan," Mr. Scannell said.
As fate would have it, he found himself paying Crenshaw's praise forward Thursday — to a 21-year-old, no less, a cold-blooded competitor in Jordan Spieth who put up an imposing roadblock to Els' latest pursuit of a Masters title.
Rekowski said one tactic police use is to put up a sign for a "drug checkpoint" roadblock ahead.
