Example sentences of "it to the police " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fisherman was so shocked that he let the body slip back into the water and , though he reported it to the police , no action was taken by them . |
| 2 | The purpose of this and of other victim studies was to elicit from respondents whether they had been the victim of a crime , and if so , which types of crime and whether they had reported it to the police . |
| 3 | We tried to explain the situation as we saw it to the police . |
| 4 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 5 | She added : ‘ At the time I did n't report it to the police because it would have been my word against a doctor 's . |
| 6 | After you 've dropped me , come back and collect the bicycle and take it to the police . |
| 7 | ‘ Dad , I found Froggy dead — murdered — reported it to the police , made my statement , and that 's it . ’ |
| 8 | Many years ago , if a work was stolen you might report it to the police or the FBI , but there was no way to get out the word to the market . |
| 9 | However , the whole incident was witnessed by another driver who took a note of the car number and in turn , of course , reported it to the police and eventually Mrs was interviewed on the eleventh of August of this year she agreed that she was the driver at the time and she replied it 's okay , but if the little had stopped after the accident I would of sorted things out I could n't do anything after she ran off . |
| 10 | If he later denied it to the police , that would not be unusual , either . |
| 11 | If I take it to the police the matter will be dealt with much sooner than if we leave it where it is and wait for them to call here . |
| 12 | I 've received a letter and I do n't know whether to show it to the police . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) There may be a time lag between the occasion of the alleged rape and the reporting of it to the police . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ Riddle went missing on Friday evening ; when did his family report it to the police ? ’ |
| 15 | It 's only if there 's a sort of niggling problem that would tell the coordinator about and they would pass it to the police officers . |
| 16 | What we 're asking for is is a phone to the people who ca n't afford it to the police stations . |
| 17 | I understand that any such information is presented by the control computer , which can then convey it to the police officer concerned . |
| 18 | At first the victim was so devastated by the attack that she did n't report it to the police . |
| 19 | The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police . |
| 20 | I call on such people to give it to the police in confidence . |
| 21 | ‘ I call on such people to give it to the police in confidence . |
| 22 | Leave it to the police , he says . |
| 23 | Anyone genuinely concerned about the letters , which have a Glasgow postmark , has been advised to report it to the police . |