Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] by [art] police " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they picked on by the police , the people in the , cos that seems a pretty severe sentence . |
| 2 | Am I going to some strange hospital with him to see his dad , or am I going to wander around Bristol all day waiting to be picked up by the police or my poor darling anxious parents ? |
| 3 | He refrained from taking any alcohol or drugs , but when he returned to Hollywood to commence filming , he began drinking again and was picked up by the police for drunken driving . |
| 4 | Be picked up by the police ? |
| 5 | The three men on board admitted to the smuggling attempt and a fourth man was picked up by the police as the waited in a parked car at the landing place . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the crop-haired young man picked up by the police turned out to be a journalist trying to infiltrate a skinhead gang for a story . |
| 7 | He was n't the only one picked up by the police . |