Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the police [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Forensic science is n't just helping the police to discover who 's guilty . |
| 2 | I was amazed by her self-control , and could not understand why Mr Rochester had not asked the police to arrest her , or at least dismissed her from his service . |
| 3 | ‘ Remember that I do n't want the police to know my secret , Dr Watson , ’ Frankland reminded me . |
| 4 | He even called the police to tell them . ’ |
| 5 | Well yeah but tha that does n't mean the police do it . |
| 6 | He 'd strangled two children with his bare hands , then called the police to give himself up . |
| 7 | ‘ Why did the police arrest you ? |
| 8 | Why do the police characterize themselves as ‘ behaving like savages ’ in this way ? |