Example sentences of "the police [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Dustin heard news of the ensuing blaze , he rushed back to the scene , and was able to push through the gaping crowds to pull three of his modern paintings and a Tiffany lampshade from the smoke-filled Federal-style building , before the police prevented him from re-entering the house . |
| 2 | The police told him of the allegations from three children , but were , in his words , ‘ fairly vague ’ about the questioning . |
| 3 | When one of the police asked him to quieten the party down a bit , Willis hit him in the mouth and screamed , ‘ Get the fuck off my property ! ’ |
| 4 | A story appeared in the papers in the usual tabloid style which said that Linford had a secret criminal past and that the police viewed him as a dangerous , vicious character . |
| 5 | Some correspondent will probably now write to tell me that Brunson is bravely suffering from some life-threatening condition , but he delivered his questions between swallows with the aplomb of Peter Lorre squealing to Humphrey Bogart as the police drag him off to certain death in Casablanca . |
| 6 | Next-door neighbour Jean Beveridge , who had been given a running commentary by armed police inside her home , revealed the gunman had been daring the police to shoot him . |
| 7 | When the police ordered him to end it , he complied at once , his half-dozen supporters singing the National Anthem as they invariably did at the conclusion of their gatherings . |
| 8 | ‘ The police know he met Michael last night . |
| 9 | And so every night when they got home there was all kinds of people , I mean you know say miners and anybody as well , they all surrounded this house and when the police brought him in , of course they were booing and all this business you see . |
| 10 | The police said he killed himself , but I knew he was afraid to die , so I did n't think that was true . ’ |
| 11 | Even affable John , one of nature 's gentlemen , can only take so much and has now stopped being polite because when the police recognize him , as they do , they seem to take a particular delight in grilling someone famous . |
| 12 | He seemed as happy as Larry trailing round the greasy dustbins of Bristol till nuclear war broke out or the police nabbed him for pilfering a used Tesco bag . |
| 13 | ( 177 ) The police got him to confess to the crime . |
| 14 | I could set the man trap at dusk and let the police interview him in the morning . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The police thought he was lying to protect his mother . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The police carried him through the crowd while all the people jumped at him , screaming and trying to attack him . ’ |
| 17 | Well I mean he was stealing and then , what about that time when I rang the police to say he 's nicking apples out |
| 18 | ‘ You did n't even know what had happened to your dad when you came to the police saying he was missing- ’ added Dexter with venom . |
| 19 | That should have prompted the police to question him closely , but they never did . |
| 20 | When the police found him later his head was almost severed from his neck , lolled through the fractured opening in a macabre way , the dead cigarette still tucked in the corner of the dead man 's mouth . |
| 21 | The police suggested he arrange a meeting . |
| 22 | Mm well if he finds out where you are , or even if he visits relatives and starts making threats saying he 's gon na get you or he 's er assault you , or he 's gon na hurt the child , anything like that , then er the first thing obviously is to contact the police to warn him off and secondly contact me , cos we 'll then be able to apply for an injunction to stop him coming anywhere near you . |
| 23 | When the police answered he spoke fast but distinctly . |
| 24 | Suspended from duty , the police gave him an internal trial . |
| 25 | The magistrates heard that he had seemed to be drunk when the police stopped him . |
| 26 | Nor was I the innocent bystander taking his lunchtime beer in his local , to whom Shmekov slipped the information , two hours before the police grabbed him , that altered the Alliance 's whole strategy towards the opposing ’ powers in the Southern Apex . |
| 27 | The boy took today off school to recover , but the police say he will continue with his newspaper round . |
| 28 | And the police say he was believed to be an associate of Keith Hanger . |
| 29 | The police say he wo n't be facing any charges . |
| 30 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |