Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [vb past] the police " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he always provided a very smart car , and the first policeman to drive the police car was his own chauffeur , who left him and joined the police force . |
| 2 | Someone saw him and called the police When they arrived he shimmied right to the very top of one of the chimneys . |
| 3 | ‘ Tapestries Slashed ’ , ran a dramatic headline in one paper ; in fact , the would-be vandal had scarcely taken her scissors out of her pocket before Mrs Gardner swooped on her and called the police . |
| 4 | Someone came to collect it , but the defendant 's mother withheld it and contacted the police . |
| 5 | He was one of the search party drummed up by Diggs after my father and relations missed us and could n't find us and called the police . |