Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun pl] officer " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm just a police officer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just a police officer . |
| 3 | Where it 's already got A C G just after , is that the C O C T one , Jayne or just a careers officer one ? |
| 4 | Another part of him — not a customs officer — told him that guilty people were dangerous , and he wondered in panic what she would do . |
| 5 | You 're not a police officer . ’ |
| 6 | This point is proved by a prosecution witness who is usually a police officer , but sometimes can be a pedestrian who was not accorded precedence . |
| 7 | Yet , in 1989 , according to the FBI , only 15% of all murder victims were related to their killers ; 39% were ‘ acquainted ’ with their murderers , but this figure would include , say , a drug dealer killed by a fellow gang member , or even a police officer murdered by a suspect whom he or she had once arrested . |
| 8 | He was n't a customs officer for nothing . |
| 9 | The other prisoners in the compound supported their stand as just and reasonable whereupon some fifty warders were assembled and carried Orchin , Richmond and McCready bodily to where a police officer was waiting . |
| 10 | It is easy to see why a police officer might take the view that there is no obvious use for a time-consuming and expensive procedure such as an identity parade where it appears that the suspect is known to the witness . |
| 11 | The man was evidently a police officer , off duty . |
| 12 | Mr Chambers said shortly afterwards a police officer arrived and a van pulled up with six men inside . |