Example sentences of "go [prep] the police " in BNC.

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1 But I have no authority here ; I have to go through the police . ’
2 ‘ I 'm going for the police . ’
3 A crowd of 40 , perhaps 50 , had gathered to watch the coming and going of the police and the counter-terrorism team .
4 Is Doug going into the police or applying ?
5 Well I 'm surprised that erm actually going into the police force but he did n't hear when he
6 As for that business of going to the police , I am sorry I mentioned it .
7 ‘ Sorry if I was sharp last night , about you going to the Police .
8 Wells replied that he was a busy man and that by going to the police he considered that he had discharged his public duty .
9 ‘ Are n't you going to the police ? ’
10 Anna thought the whole idea of going to the police bizarre .
11 Every time I see him he says he 's going to the police . ’
12 She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble .
13 They 'd considered going to the police , but agreed that , after the embarrassing débâcle of the inquest , further accusations from Jacqui against Nigel Steen would sound more like the ramblings of a paranoid than anything else .
14 ‘ Let's say that Ah 'm not going to the police or anybody in authority .
15 ‘ You 're going to the police ? ’
16 ‘ What about going to the police ?
17 And I can see the problem about going to the police .
18 ‘ If by that you mean am I going to the police station to confess , then no .
19 Judge Starforth Hill told the jurors they 'd have to consider whether Mrs Jones gave the impression of a schemeing woman , could she play the part , the charde of going to the police , her neighbour and then lying on oath in court .
20 The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate .
21 The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate .
22 He said Sigsworth had been on a drinking binge for several days before going to the police station .
23 Then I wanted to join the army and that was another two months of warfare , and then when I wanted to go in the police force my parents said , ‘ You 're trying to tell us something about your attitude to school , are n't you ? ’
24 ‘ This bottle o' poison 's goin' to the police station . ’
25 We end , after a protracted flashback , with Casaubon unable to go to the police because nobody would believe his story .
26 You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful .
27 Or to go to the police and report her as a Fifth Columnist . ’
28 He denied it but after she had an abortion allegedly confessed to his wife , who had been too afraid and embarrassed to go to the police .
29 In subsequent proceedings for false imprisonment , it was admitted that the sole reason for arresting her was the constable 's opinion that ‘ police inquiries were more likely to be fruitful in clearing up the case if Mrs. Mohammed-Holgate were compelled to go to the police station to be questioned there ’ .
30 Dad was under his car working on it one Sunday morning when the police drove by and handed him a ‘ producer ’ , which meant that he had to go to the police station with all his driving documents .
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