Policeman

Examples

• The postmaster is still something of a policeman. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was a pleasant reflection, though, that I did not hit him, because his master might just possibly have been a policeman. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• None, your worship,' replied the policeman. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But then, when the man commits burglary in order to break images which are not his own, that brings it away from the doctor and on to the policeman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A burly Sussex policeman and I had found it no light job. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The policeman with his taboo did make moral and social questions insusceptible to treatment in party platforms. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In white, policeman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We rushed along the pavement, bare-headed as we were, and at the far corner we found a policeman standing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• On the opposite and lighter side of the way, a short distance below me, a policeman was strolling along in the direction of the Regent's Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I've never been taught to tell lies Mr. Policeman! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One night, or about two o'clock in the morning, a policeman came in and said that something had exploded at the corner of William and Nassau streets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They did not see where I was standing, but they stopped near me, and spoke to a policeman on the other side of the way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If you don't--it's a fine, law-abiding country is England, and there's always a policeman within hail. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• To be held up before my mistress, in my old age, as a sort of deputy-policeman, was, once again, more than my Christianity was strong enough to bear. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He handed the open book to the policeman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• These policemen follow the executive officer's boat from shore to ship and from ship to shore and watch his dark maneuvres with a vigilant eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of one or two uniformed policemen outside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Six men walked in the middle of the road, three of them being policemen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Lestrade had produced two candles, and the policemen had uncovered their lanterns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He would never have dismissed his two policemen, if he had run the risk of keeping the Diamond in his own house again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One of the local policemen was walking along the path by the roadside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• One of the two inferior policemen was to be left at the house, in case anything happened. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The reverse of this practice prevails when those policemen of the seas, the _torpedo boats_, guard the treasures of the shore. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The money-lender came out from the inner regions of the bank, followed by his two guardian policemen in plain clothes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They advanced nearer, till they saw policemen at the gates. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Two uniformed policemen sat inside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why, it's true, returns one of the policemen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Five minutes later, three policemen had assembled in the hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They drove the horses with a fire-bell in front of them to the French pier, the policemen lining the streets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Editor: Myra