Example sentences of "[to-vb] a police [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Miss Menzies suddenly stood up , looked him straight in the eyes and said , ‘ Do you know it 's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer ? ’ |
2 | It is however appreciated that it can be difficult to obtain a Police report in some foreign countries . |
3 | One of the first duties undertaken by Kajiyama was to observe a police operation in one of Tokyo 's most notorious areas of prostitution , on Sept. 20 , which resulted in the arrest of 45 foreign women who were accused of working as prostitutes . |
4 | President Collor , in a nationwide television broadcast on May 26 , announced that he had ordered the Justice and Economy Ministers to open a police inquiry to reveal the full truth and examine the " false and foolish " allegations against him . |
5 | Hanger has threated to kill a police officer . |
6 | A court 's heard how a gang of armed robbers tried to kill a police inspector by opening fire with shotguns during a high-speed chase . |
7 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
8 | There was , he believed , no route from a world of warring states to genuine peace except via the imposition of the rule of law in international affairs : ‘ a stable peace requires all disinterested nations to form a police force in any quarrel . |
9 | The problem in West Yorkshire is that it costs more there to put a police man on the beat , and the authority spends more per head of the population . |
10 | Paramount supremo Frank Mancuso received death threats as he voiced plans to do a Police Academy -style Star Trek . |
11 | That is not the way to run a police force , and that is why police morale is low . |
12 | In the latest raid , thieves used his van to ram a police car . |
13 | This is the van that was used to ram a police car . |
14 | They urged the President to hold a police inquiry into the killings and called on Congress to set up an investigation into links between the police and the death squads . |
15 | A teenager accused of attempting to murder a police inspector has been cleared on the orders of a judge . |
16 | They had such a long distance that they were allowed to have a police bicycle . |
17 | ‘ Hey thanks , Chief … but I reckon this could be a blatant attempt to influence a police officer in the execution of his duty . ’ |
18 | Local councillors will retain a casting vote on police budgets , and London is , for the first time , to get a police authority , half of whose members are elected councillors . |
19 | I managed to get a police car to rush me through security to the shopping precinct . |
20 | Despite fears that the continuing American presence could undermine Panamanian support for the new government , they ‘ are going to need a police force ’ , Mr Aspin said . |
21 | Finding that he was not there , they ordered two family members and three customers to enter a police minibus and to keep their heads down . |
22 | This peace-keeping conception of policing is less likely to apply where democratic influence is too weak to restrain a police chiefs commitment to a law-enforcement conception . |
23 | Mr Smyth said Williams worked as a leisure professional but also served as a Special Constable and was hoping to become a police officer in the future . |
24 | There were all the other brothers and sisters , Edith who was good at arithmetic and sorted things out for all and sundry , David who was to become a police inspector , Hilda and Cassie who delighted in their roguish little brother — threepence here , sixpence there . |