Constables

Examples

• There were bodies of constables with blue staves, twenty committee-men with blue scarfs, and a mob of voters with blue cockades. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Where's Townsend, or any of the constables? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• How many constables have you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I could only move it slightly, and it was with the aid of one of the constables that I succeeded at last in carrying it to one side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Two of his constables came at the call. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Are there no constables here? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Now, Mr. McFarlane, two of my constables are at the door, and there is a four-wheeler waiting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sherlock Holmes was well known to the force, and the two constables at the door saluted him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Would you kindly send one of your constables for two buckets of water? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was managed by the constables of the respective wards in turn; the constable summoned a number of housekeepers to attend him for the night. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Colonel Moran sprang forward with a snarl of rage, but the constables dragged him back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Typist: Ora