Example sentences of "[noun] be a police [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The road blocks were a police response to criminal action , a counter to terrorist attacks in this area , he said . |
| 2 | Mrs. Millings was doubly lucky , in that she ran into one such gap , and the approaching vehicle was a police car , with an extremely good driver . |
| 3 | Magrath was a police psychologist , and they had met in Rome at an international conference on violent crime . |
| 4 | The Spanish victory of Bailén ( July 1808 ) was the inevitable consequence of Napoleon 's belief that the conquest of Spain was a police operation that could be entrusted to inferior troops . |
| 5 | So there 's a good year and a half at Southwell so I know the area , in fact I was over at Southwell when Simon was a police officer , covering the area . |
| 6 | My husband and I bought Millie as a companion for Mac , my Standard Poodle , and for my peace of mind , as my husband is a police officer who frequently works nights . |
| 7 | ‘ This gentleman is a police inspector , ’ said Mr Utterson . |
| 8 | Then , since this did n't appear to be enough either he hurried on , ‘ Her nephew is a police cadet . |
| 9 | " The only person likely to use one of the old codes is a police officer . " |
| 10 | Toney 's friend was a police superintendent who played at Birkdale . |
| 11 | In fact , the second person was a police officer . |
| 12 | His father was a police constable in the borough police at Helston , but the family emigrated to New Zealand , probably in 1872 , and settled at Timaru , South Island , where most of the settlers were of Cornish descent , and James Fitzsimmons set up as a blacksmith . |
| 13 | The only described white man is a police man from Brooklyn who works with his black partner to try and extract information from a black boy , Imamu , after the daughter of the family he is living with goes missing . |
| 14 | G Lawrence of Great Barr , Birmingham is a police dog handler with 10 years ' experience of owning German Shepherd dogs . |
| 15 | although his dad 's er , you know his dad 's a police surgeon ? |
| 16 | Mr Mummery at the time was a police dog trainer . |