Sentence examples for there were roadblocks from inspiring English sources

There were roadblocks, and curfew, and people were dying, and the attitude changed.

Although they received plenty of support, encouragement, and feedback from faculty and administrators, there were roadblocks, as well.

There were roadblocks on the highways and in every major city and town all the way to Gombe.

There were roadblocks at the bottom of the hill and you were forced to get out of your car and walk.

During big public gatherings like the NPC, there is a ban on petitioners coming to the capital, and in the run-up to major events such as the Olympics in 2008, there were roadblocks stopping people coming into the city to air their grievances.

Still, there were roadblocks — Edmonds could not easily go down to the police department to get the incident report, so he had to wait months for the detective to bring it to him.

"There are roadblocks all over the place.

Everywhere, it seems, there are roadblocks to affordable care.

There are roadblocks in the brain, mysterious and unmovable.

There are roadblocks in the city; soon there will be tanks and air raids.

"People get ideas, but then there are roadblocks and the excitement dies down".