The police detained him for questioning.

警察对他进行拘留审问。

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As some urgent business detained him, he had to send his secretary on to the meeting.

这件事情不很重要，不会耽搁我们太久。

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The suspect was thumbing through the telephone directory when one policeman detained him.

这个嫌疑犯正在翻弄电话簿的时候，被警察拘捕了。

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A policeman detained and threatened him because he was a foreigner driving a car from another state.

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Immigration officials detained him at Montrose Street registration office at 10:30 on Tuesday just as he was set to marry a 32-year-old Lithuanian woman.

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In January, US troops detained him overnight and searched his flat before releasing him with an apology, his brother, Dargham, told the Associated Press.

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These officials said that while they are reviewing their records, they have no information about whether the U.S. detained him or transferred him to France.

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