Example sentences of "detectives are [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim |
| 2 | Detectives are appealing for the lorry driver and any other witnesses who may have seen the struggle in the supermarket or car park to come forward . |
| 3 | Fraud Squad detectives are waiting for the go-ahead from the island 's Attorney General , Stanley Moore . |
| 4 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 5 | 60 detectives are working on the case and they 've eliminated from their enquiries a man arrested and held overnight . |
| 6 | Detectives are working on the theory that he could have arrived home to find his flat in Bisley Court , Darlington , being ransacked and paid the ultimate price . |
| 7 | Detectives are working on the theory that a rogue loner , rather than a terrorist cell , is responsible . |
| 8 | The detectives are concentrating on the theory that the bomb was loaded at Malta before being transferred to PanAm 103 at Frankfurt . |