Sentence examples for there were checkpoints from inspiring English sources

But on a recent visit, there were checkpoints everywhere.

Yes, there were checkpoints, roadblocks, bomb scares, metal detectors, pat downs.

There were checkpoints everywhere, a constant military presence on the streets.

In Tripoli, says Badi, there were checkpoints everywhere, with pro-Gaddafi soldiers specifically checking for memory sticks.

"But the roads were blocked, there were checkpoints everywhere, and they weren't letting anybody visit the camps".

Radwan Ziadeh, a US human rights activist in the town, said: "I heard there were checkpoints but the tanks were two kilometres from Daraya, near to Moadamiya.

There are roadblocks on all highways leading into Tehran, and at night there are checkpoints throughout the city.

"There are checkpoints and armed forces everywhere.

On each street there are checkpoints.

There are checkpoints at bridges and tunnels.

There are checkpoints and soldiers and a thick pungent smell - which I don't even want to think about.