Example sentences of "police [vb past] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the disbandment of their regiment , the police became a customary occupation for Malays . |
| 2 | The Spanish police made a major breakthrough against ETA following the arrest in Bayonne ( France ) on Nov. 17 , 1990 , of 26 ETA suspects , including Carmen Guisasola , the alleged leader of ETA 's Vizcaya commando . |
| 3 | In another part of the city , near the Gethsemane church in the run-down Prenzlauer Berg district , police attacked a candlelit procession by about 1,000 young people , beating them about the head with truncheons , as the crowd chanted ‘ no violence ’ . |
| 4 | The police maintained a constant presence in the village setting up a base in the village hall right next door to Mr Eggleton 's house . |
| 5 | He said police maintained a high profile on the road at all times , but could not be everywhere at once , adding cardboard cutout cars should be considered . |
| 6 | Then , over the weekend of June 22-23 , police reported a serious upsurge of factional clashes between ANC and Inkatha supporters , with upwards of 35 deaths in three massacres , and there were further bloody incidents in ensuing days . |
| 7 | The police charged a young nurse with four murders . |
| 8 | In July 1986 the Metropolitan Police mounted a huge raid in Brixton , involving nearly 2,000 officers , aimed at selected premises in which cannabis offences were allegedly being committed . |
| 9 | A few days later the Avon and Somerset Police organized a large raid in the St Paul 's district of Bristol . |
| 10 | Last night , Cheshire police began a detailed examination of shop security video films in the search for clues to help trace the bombers . |
| 11 | Police sent a five-man mission to Ecuador to bring back Evaristo Porras Ardila , the most important figure detained in the government 's six-week crackdown , according to the daily El Tiempo . |
| 12 | He was arrested in Manchester yesterday as police seized a self-loading rifle in a raid . |
| 13 | During raids on members ' homes the police seized a large amount of weapons as well as racist and anti-immigrant literature . |
| 14 | Police kept a 24-hour watch on the villa after Camerini demanded £9 million for Melodie 's return . |
| 15 | Loretta 's occasional visits to the Cruise missile base had never involved her in getting arrested , but she was well aware that some police took a dim view of peace protesters . |
| 16 | Police issued a nationwide alert after Emma Louise Hyde , aged six , a ward of court , was snatched from outside her school in Cheadle Hulme , Cheshire . |
| 17 | But the riddle of his identity was only solved after Scottish police issued a nationwide appeal for help . |
| 18 | In Bombay , where at least 246 people were killed and about 1,200 injured in 13 bomb blasts last Friday , police said a large amount of explosives was still in the city and as yet unlocated . |
| 19 | He said that the police had a statutory obligation for public safety . |
| 20 | And just yesterday police launched a fruitless search of Aylesbury railway station after Hanger phoned the prison to say he was in town . |
| 21 | POLICE launched a massive hunt for accident victim Christine Jessop — to warn her she had a broken neck . |
| 22 | Merseyside police launched a nationwide manhunt for Mr Ashworth on the same day former girlfriend Denise Johnston was found strangled at the Lion Tavern , Liverpool . |
| 23 | Police launched a nationwide hunt for Ahrjinder Singh Dosanjh — known as Bobby — after he was viciously beaten and bundled into a van . |
| 24 | Police launched a nationwide hunt for Dawn Loasby , 33 , amid fears for their safety . |