Example sentences of "to go [prep] [art] police " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have no authority here ; I have to go through the police . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | We end , after a protracted flashback , with Casaubon unable to go to the police because nobody would believe his story . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Or to go to the police and report her as a Fifth Columnist . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Do n't be afraid to go to the police . |
| 10 | It seemed futile to go to the police as they appeared to be in the plot . |
| 11 | Adam knelt beside her , thinking of Zosie and Zosie 's mother and stepfather who had not bothered to go to the police when their daughter unaccountably vanished . |
| 12 | And it 's surprising how reluctant people are to go to the police . |
| 13 | Richard had advised her to go to the police if any threats were made . |
| 14 | Over at The Wine Cellar , Keith Meerza , the joint owner , has sat a customer down in the corner and is trying to persuade him to go to the police . |
| 15 | He does n't want to go to the police . |
| 16 | Later , Tommy warns Ann not to go to the police , or tell anyone what has happened . |
| 17 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 18 | You do n't want them to go to the police , do you ? ’ |
| 19 | I feared as well that Mills might not be dead after all , that he 'd recovered miraculously and decided for some reason not to go to the police . |
| 20 | ‘ You never really meant to go to the police at all , did you ? ’ said Scarlet . |
| 21 | She 's still convinced Joseph killed her and she means to go to the police and say so . ’ |
| 22 | If you do not , it will look very bad for you if I have to go to the police with this new piece of information about the letter . ’ |
| 23 | That 's why you do n't want to go to the police . |
| 24 | ‘ For this same reason once she had caught up with her husband ( and been sent quickly home as being very undutiful and immoral travelling about alone and not remaining in her place at home against his return ) it would have been inconceivable for her to go to the police . |
| 25 | The police are very unwilling to interfere in family matters and apparently when she threatened to go to the police whatever he told her he would say to them if she did report her daughter missing convinced her it would be useless for her to take such action . |
| 26 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 27 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 28 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 29 | He said , it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police told her when you come back we 'll have all this typed out , your statement but we 'll need you to sign so tell the coach driver to stay at , stop at the police station for you to sign it and I , I said to her , how , how did you manage to stop that boy ? |
| 30 | I 've told Rick to go to the police but he wo n't and I 'm so afraid … ’ |