Sentence examples for saw a roadblock from inspiring English sources

While walking quickly through the crowded Midtown streets en route to the 49th Street N train, I saw a roadblock on the corner of 50th and Eighth, as several guys were selling their CDs and taking up the whole sidewalk.

We were driving along in the taxi at probably 80 km/h and then in the distance we saw a roadblock, police lights flashing.

Seeing a roadblock that belonged in the Middle East during a weekday afternoon in Missouri was jarring to people just starting to grasp its new normalcy.

Determination is seeing a roadblock and believing that you can get past it, not necessarily because you have evidence that you've done so in the past, but because you can't picture yourself not getting past it.

One evening, I saw a rebel soldier manning a roadblock with a gold-plated Kalashnikov, one of several such weapons found in Qaddafi's residence.

"Nobody wants to be seen as a roadblock to an investigation," said a spokesperson for Micromax, India's biggest local smartphone maker.

"It is almost impossible to see how a roadblock by angry young men could justify the killings of hundreds of people.

Over reliance on such less innovative techniques was seen as a roadblock to fast tracking claims processing.

Clear and its supporters see a way around that roadblock with the T.S.A. PreCheck pilot program, which provides expedited security to some passengers selected from among the most frequent fliers, whose profiles are best known to airlines.

I have seen policemen at a roadblock, look into the car, recognise him, and shake his hand with reverence, or airport officials wave a friend through without a check, because Lara was there.

Evade roadblocks when you hear a roadblock ahead (use an alternative).