"prisoner" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The prisoners were held within the 5-7 story towers, each having a room around 4.6 m (15 ft) across and containing various articles of furniture.
- Up to 400 prisoners took over three wings of the prison, and held control of them for two days.
- The prisoners took the children in their arms, two sleeping children, and held them above their heads.
- In 1984 several prisoners short-circuited the locks on their cells and held a guard hostage.
- John could feel the prisoners hold their collective breath.
- In August 2003, he and seven other prisoners held a hunger strike to protest prison conditions.
- A prisoner held fast by the manacle bonds of Lewis's thoughts.
- However, despite this, the prisoners do hold a great deal of fondness for Barrowclough.
- He was standing right up against the railings, clasping them like a prisoner might hold the bars of his cell.
- They forced the prisoners held there to march towards west.
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