Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] by police " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Director of Public Prosecutions , Sir Allan Green , resigned on Oct. 3 after he had been stopped by police while talking to a prostitute in a London " red-light " district . |
| 2 | Its a stranger 's car … but all three children happily get into it … and they 're not the first many of the 750 youngsters … who 've attended Aylesbury Police 's emergency training session … have been tricked by Police officers posing as strangers … |
| 3 | During a debate on March 4 on the final report of the Commission for the Investigation of the Events of Nov. 17 , 1989 ( when student protests had been crushed by police — see p. 37026 ; see p. 37737 for initial report ) , the Federal Assembly approved legislation to allow Czechoslovak citizens access to files kept on them by the StB . |
| 4 | They 'd been heading for a festival in Chipping Sodbury , but had been diverted by police . |
| 5 | That way she will be registered , and she and her family will have been checked by police . |
| 6 | Her distressed boyfriend has been interviewed by police to try to glean any clues about the disappearance . |
| 7 | A CLEVELAND aid worker has been quizzed by police about misuse of the Red Cross symbol . |
| 8 | A " procession of silence " for the restoration of constitutional rights , declared illegal by the government on April 1 , had proceeded in Caracas on April 2 and had been dispersed by police using water cannon , tear gas and birdshot . |
| 9 | A STRABANE man seen to fall into the River Mourne from the Mourne Bridge has been rescued by police . |
| 10 | The move had been preceded by police visits to the printers of It , Oz , and Rolling Stone . |
| 11 | The spokesman added : ‘ A report on the matter has been prepared by police for the procurator-fiscal at Dumfries . |
| 12 | Her body was found by her husband , who has not been named by police , at their home in Crawley , Sussex . |
| 13 | The CPS has returned the file and said it does not intend to prosecute the officers , who have not been named by police chiefs . |
| 14 | The 44-year-old woman , who has not been named by police , was pulled from the River Wear in Sunderland by firemen on a routine training exercise . |
| 15 | The man has not been named by police but was said to be aged 23 . |
| 16 | In March he had been sought by police for crashing his '66 Corvette Sting-Ray into a car he was trying to pass and then driving away . |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal heard that a witness whose evidence sent another man to jail for murder in 1988 had been bribed by police . |
| 18 | Waller 's wife , Susan , and their two small children have been moved by police to a secret address , away from Tyneside , for their own safety . |
| 19 | She said she believes she knows who shot the cat , but has been told by police that unless there were witnesses there was not a lot that could be done . |
| 20 | Wilson , of Low Moor , Darlington , told the court he had previously been told by police that the knife was not an offensive weapon . |
| 21 | The 2 had been watched by police and were arrested shortly afterwards at their homes in Gloucester and Ruscombe near Stroud . |
| 22 | Coleby said : ‘ The course has been approved by police and the race will probably be held on a Wednesday evening in August . ’ |
| 23 | It 's been approved by the policy group and it 's been approved by police committee . |
| 24 | Fourteen boys at Rhydd Court School near Malvern have been cautioned by police after younger pupils were allegedly abused by older ones . |
| 25 | But it is not only the concept of reasonable suspicion that has been diluted by police practice and judicial endorsement . |
| 26 | Huntsmen in Northern Ireland have been alerted by police after letter bombs were sent to two hunt members . |
| 27 | The ex-soldier has been praised by police for his bravery.This he denies saying he was more angry than courageous.Today he remains as tough as ever , defiant in the face of thuggery . |
| 28 | The compound has been ringed by police and federal agents since a 28 February shoot-out that erupted when agents sought to arrest Koresh for alleged firearms violations . |
| 29 | Jewellery worth more than a hundred thousand pounds has been recovered by police investigating a string of burglaries . |
| 30 | Stolen antiques worth more than two million pounds have been recovered by police . |