How To Use Policeman In A Sentence

Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
The farmer, the papers had said, was a part-time policeman, a member of the Protestant Ulster Defence Regiment, the UDR. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
The policeman made him turn out his pockets.

The policeman evaded all the difficult questions.
He reversed his car straight at the policeman.
The shooting of the policeman has received universal condemnation.
The gang of terrorists dusted off the policeman.
The policeman pulled up the motorist and asked to see his licence.
She said it was regrettable that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court.
Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters A policeman talked to tourists as he patrolled in front of the Hotel Adlon at Pariser Platz in Berlin. Travel Alert Issued for Europe
I too peeped through out of curiosity and found a young house wife crying in front of a policeman.
The policeman wouldn't have believed me if you hadn't backed me up.
The military policeman from Hillsboro, Ore., drove 60 miles from his post in Kaiserslautern to see the race in this city on the French border. USATODAY.com - Fans always see a colorful display
A policeman held his gun in both hands and barked an order.
The policeman rolled the body over to look for the missing gun.
And a man who called a policeman a pig had to stand for two hours with a hog in a pen set up in a town centre.
It took nine policeman and four firefighters to remove the three female protesters.
But in a court case the boy was birched by a policeman who he had never seen before.
If it had been a policeman, a social worker, a teacher, or anybody else for that matter, chinning somebody on television, would we have heard praise from the leader of the government?
The costs of creating new enmities, losing potential allies, and adding to the military and security burden that we bear as the world's policeman are astronomically high, as the last decade has shown. America's Freedom Opportunity in the Middle East
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
But the danger of arming the policeman on the beat is that it would drive a wedge between the officer and the community.
The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing terrorists.
The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist.
Convince a conservative that some southern sheriff is really using racial profiling as an excuse to harass black people and you will find that conservatives are just as outraged as anyone, but the mere potential for this to occur is no argument against racial profiling any more than the potential for a policeman to abuse his authority is an argument against having policemen. The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited
The policeman stared at his eyes when questioning him.
He tricked his way into her home by pretending to be a policeman.
He blasted the policeman right between the eyes.
The policeman wanted to see all our documents.
The swindler broke off in the middle of his talk when he saw a policeman coming.
One policeman armed with persuasive reasoning and commonsense is worth six others with truncheons drawn and shouting abuse to make their points. Find Shannon « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The policeman made after the burglar.
Kenworthy had tried not to act the policeman.
The policeman waited to detect the prisoner in a lie.
The protester was jabbing a finger aggressively at a policeman.
He found he had bopped a policeman on the head by mistake.
His small size prohibits his be coming a policeman.
The Customs officer, policeman, and magistrate began to nod, at first uncertain, reluctant, then with growing accord.
One policeman drew his gun and then suddenly all hell broke loose.
She walked across to the policeman, one shoulder hitched slightly above the other, her hair sticking out straight behind and worn in slick bandeaus on either side of her face, her hat trailing in a melancholy way on her head. Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
The sight of a policeman walking toward you sometimes causes heart palpitations. Christianity Today
The driver was a young giant, and when he climbed on top his load and poised a lump of coal in both hands, a policeman, who was just scaling the wagon from the side, let go and dropped back to earth. SOUTH OF THE SLOT
A 25-year-old Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland's police force was killed after a booby-trap bomb exploded as he got into his car in the town of Omagh, police and neighbors said. World Watch
A policeman poked his head into the carriage. Times, Sunday Times
He's been working as a policeman on the same patch for twenty years.
The policeman wronged him and sent him to prison.
The policeman had to kick the door in to get inside the room.
The policeman asked me to blow into a plastic bag, ie in order to breathalyse me.
The policeman was offered/given a bribe of 500 to keep his mouth shut.
The failure to laugh signifies in the peasant or the Frenchman a politeness that exceeds his intelligence, in the landowner or the Englishman an excessive rigidity, and in the policeman or the German a surfeit of power.
Scattered across the asphalt like murderer's footprints, puddles of water turn bloody with sunset"), it vanishes when Stewart settles in to show us freelance detective Diane Fletcher using her ability as a "shaper" (someone who can read and experience the emotions of others) to help policeman Rolly French investigate the death of Jonathan Mask. AvaxHome RSS:
The police drove them back, and a mounted policeman took his horse through the crowd to try to rescue Hill, who had been unable to climb the railings.
It will be followed by a private committal with the policeman's family and friends.
The policeman had to kick the door in to get inside the room.
The fire quickly spread to the roof and was spotted by a policeman who summoned help.
The trial had started on the Monday and by this time there was a flurry of black-cloaked ushers briskly walking through the building, desperately looking for a policeman.
Ambulance chiefs today condemned a teenager who assaulted a senior paramedic and a policeman during a violent struggle in York.
The robbery may have been carried out with the help of a bent policeman.
He found he had bopped a policeman on the head by mistake.
His first job had been on the beat as a Brooklyn policeman in 1917.
Fortunately, reason prevailed, the feudal overlords decamped, and no-one (apart from an unfortunate Indonesian border policeman) was killed.
The prisoner used foul language towards the policeman.
The policeman whistled them to stop.
One was Mario, a huge, excitable Italian — he was like a city policeman with operatic gestures — and the other, a hairy, uncouth animal whom we called the Magyar; I think he was a Transylvanian, or something even more remote. Down and Out in Paris and London
The policeman waved the vehicle on.
There was an accident in the street and the policeman waved the cars aside.
The policeman clapped hold of the pickpocket and took him to the Station.
He tried to corrupt the policeman with money.
A policeman caught hold of him and dragged him over the fence to safety, leaving him with nothing more serious than bruises.
The policeman was gunned down while on duty.
Associated Press An Afghan policeman on Saturday sorts out weapons confiscated from a disbanded private security company. Afghanistan Disarms Security Firms
She is being lifted bodily by a policeman, easily, for she is slight and frail.
We went straight to the local police-station where we were met by a young policeman.
The prisoner used foul language towards the policeman.
The policeman said he would take charge of the gun.
Suddenly a policeman grabbed hold of me, smacked me a few times with his truncheon, and, with a colleague, threw me into a vehicle that the French picturesquely call a panier à salade (or, a basket for drying salad). In Chile, the Lessons of Isolation
The policeman noted down every word I said.
Arundhati, as a policeman, I can tell you that the police are not going to be able to solve the problem of these indigenous, you know, these Adivasi people "-" Adivasi "is the word for tribal people -" and I have told the government that the problem with these people is that they don't have any greed. Signs of the Times
A traffic policeman had a miraculous escape after his patrol car aquaplaned on a wet road, hit the central reservation of the A120 and burst into flames
His defense, that the street was nothing but an open sewer anyway, failed to sway the arresting policeman who marched him across town at gunpoint to pay a fine of one piastre four francs. The Path Between the Seas
A policeman may be able to restore the public calm without having to resort to an arrest.
The hostage taker, a disgruntled former policeman armed with an assault rifle, was killed by police during a 9-hour siege shown live on TV.
I wear my policeman's uniform with pride.
One policeman drew his gun and then suddenly all hell broke loose.
The policeman ordered the criminal to drop his weapon.
'If you co-operate we'll let you go,' said the policeman.
It was alleged that the policeman had accepted bribes.
It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.)
A policeman has the power to arrest a criminal.
The policeman seized the thief by the arm.
In the case of the policeman who is suing for being put back on the beat, he described an incident where he happed upon the scene of a road accident and was too scared to go and help.
Blocking the open - sided porch, framed by the enveloping fog, stood a tall grave - faced policeman.
To make matters worse, he is a policeman and used his job to find out my ex's contact details. The Sun
But she had reassured herself that Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard – known to everyone as "Pritch" – was a military policeman, a redcap. 'My son was shot by a British sniper, now all I want is the truth'
A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning.
One of the adults turns out to be a kindly retired policeman, a little doddy, who knows that something nefarious is afoot but no one else believes him. UncleBear
He tried to square the policeman by whom he was caught.
The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing terrorists.
It does not appeal to the workingman who has had his head broken by a policeman's club, his union treasury bankrupted by a court decision, or his job taken away from him by a labor-saving invention. Revolution
The policeman smiled benignly at the motorist.
In this context (your response, Mr. Voice), do you imply that "policeman" is not? How Many Times Can Allen Hancock Abuse His Police Power and Still Get Paid?
The policeman rapped the driver for his violation of traffic regulations.
Women's rights groups in Malaysia displayed outrage Wednesday at a court judge's ruling acquitting a policeman accused of raping two female detainees in a police lock-up.
As we headed out for a run this afternoon we noticed that the pavement directly next to my gate had been cordoned off and there was a policeman and a policewoman standing guard over it.
She carries an obsolete "barbette" conning tower -- a six-foot affair with railed platform forward -- and our warning beam plays on the top of it as a policeman's lantern flashes on the area sneak. Actions and Reactions
A bearskin-coated policeman stepped prominently to the fore, watch in hand. A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
A passer-by who saved a man from being savaged by his own dog and an off-duty policeman who intervened in a nightclub brawl were today honoured for their bravery.
A policeman may be able to restore the public calm without having to resort to an arrest.
An off-duty policeman and his wife pulled over and tried to do what they could to help. The Sun
Jitka Hanzlová's picture of a bird on a branch in the forest is the most traditional image, but the title, "Policeman" 2004, personalizes it: This particular bird followed her through the woods and kept watch on what she was doing. Observing Fine Birds And Fine Feathers
The judge pronounced against the prisoner, and he was led away by the policeman.
We like it here because you don't have to be a detective sergeant or a policeman.
The kidnappers kept the policeman at bay with an automatic pistol.
The signal lights blinking only amber meant that one hapless policeman made a valiant effort to control traffic which seemed to swamp him from all directions.
Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
The policeman let me off with a lecture about speeding.
The gangs of feral youths that "own" the streets now know that the chances of a policeman catching them in the act of mugging a passerby are almost zero, the chances of any CCTV actually working or producing a decent image or not being used to take photos of cars parked six inches onto a yellow line or one minute into a proscribed period are also nil and even if caught the chances of being charged let alone convicted are somewhat slim and as for having to go to prison for more than six months, the odds are infinitesimal. Archive 2008-01-01
Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their roadblock, and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule.
The chief policeman went on talking with the Brooks Brothers clerk, seemingly unperturbed by the size and mood of the mob.
But the policeman was extremely nice, he let me pass, explaining in detail the meaning in Canada of the road sign with the green arrow pointing left with a big slash over it.
The traffic policeman censured the driver but didn't fine him.
The policeman took possession of the thief's bag.
He cleared off as soon as he saw the policeman coming.
A conman who poses as a policeman has been handing out fake speeding fines to unsuspecting motorists.
Surely he deserves better of me than to gaze at him with my policeman's eyes.
The policeman caught an armed robber.
Horrified bystanders tried in vain to drive the berserk animal away until a policeman grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed it. The Sun
Even the traffic policeman at the intersection of the two roads was in a mellow mood.
The mismatched detective duo are back and this time they go on the trail of a former policeman selling impounded weaponry to criminal gang bosses. The Sun
If a streaker is flicked on to the green baize pitch, play must cease until the opposing player has ‘apprehended’ him or her, by flicking their policeman into position to make an ‘arrest’.
One was Mario, a huge, excitable Italianhe was like a city policeman with operatic gesturesand the other, a hairy, uncouth animal whom we called the Magyar; I think he was a Transylvanian, or something even more remote. Down and Out in Paris and London
The St Lucian policeman saw her through customs without any fuss, then delivered her to another man in a big car outside the airport compound: her employer.
The victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident in the New Forest was a former policeman, the Daily Echo can reveal.
I was a policeman in Bradford from 1959 to 1961 so got to know the centre of the city quite well.
not a policeman in sight
A different policeman has been assigned to the case.
The policeman slipped a pair of handcuffs on his wrists.
Tom, in his sportive mood, had caused serious inconvenience to a most respectable policeman.
He repassed the street when he saw the policeman coming up.
For a moment I think I am still asleep and dreaming: policeman in yellow slickers on the streets of London and people running.
The policeman asked to see his driving license.
The potboy at the corner, who is a privileged amateur, as possessing official knowledge of life and having to deal with drunken men occasionally, exchanges confidential communications with the policeman and has the appearance of an impregnable youth, unassailable by truncheons and unconfinable in station-houses. Bleak House
The report quaintly states that he pushed gently past the policeman and was gently arrested.
The chief policeman went on talking with the Brooks Brothers clerk, seemingly unperturbed by the size and mood of the mob.
The policeman cautioned the motorist about his speed.
A policeman scanned the protest through binoculars, but didn't try to stop it.
This time, it was the policeman's turn to look nonplussed. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
Britain's top policeman should have the power to appoint his own senior officers after disgraced commander Ali Dizaei was "disastrously" picked by politicians, a former head of Scotland Yard has claimed. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
A policeman was injured in the line of duty yesterday.
We didn't even notice, but a Military Policeman discovered the substitution and cross-examined us.
Perhaps a wise old retired policeman would have spotted something, but like all the dipsos I know, he was a tightwad as well, and never went near the bar.
She pushed up her children when the policeman came by
He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.
Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
One policeman was clearly visible noting the number plates of passing cars.
The sudden appearance of a policeman caused the thief to run away.
The policeman was suspended while the complaint was investigated.
A policeman yelled at the crowds to get out of the way .
And the reason why these best are destroyed is because John Barleycorn stands on every highway and byway, accessible, law-protected, saluted by the policeman on the beat, speaking to them, leading them by the hand to the places where the good fellows and daring ones forgather and drink deep. Chapter 13
Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
Walking down the road a bit, I passed another embassy with another similarly attired policeman standing out front.
The policeman ordered him to stand up and stay put.
The judge pronounced against the prisoner, and he was led away by the policeman.
Amid simmering unrest, a number of men were arrested and one soldier was accidentally shot by a military policeman. Times, Sunday Times
A policeman was killed and scores of people were injured in the melee.
It was alleged that the policeman had accepted bribes.
Britain's top policeman, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, has warned an attack in London is both imminent and inevitable.
in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
The policeman's badge deflected the bullet.
For most of the time natural selection must act as a policeman rather than as an architect.
The policeman alerted me to the danger.
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
At every intersection, in every town, there was a traffic policeman or two, waving us on.
The policeman alerted me to the danger.
The traffic lights were not working so there was a policeman on point duty.
She wept as the policeman confirmed her worst fears .
You can cross the road in safety when the policeman holds up his hand to stop the cars.
The Harlem riot erupted when an off-duty policeman killed James Powell, a teenage boy who had allegedly attacked him.
The policeman kept a firm hand clamped on his shoulder.
With a deft flick of the reins, the policeman wheeled his mount and together they stood their ground, motionless, man and horse looking down at that ill mannered citified pup.
But what the Afghan policeman did not expect was that his bosses would make the task so much easier for them. Times, Sunday Times
The policeman detailed the events leading up to the robbery.
In 2003 he headbutted a French policeman after getting into a fight with a casino croupier.
Thus the state should be mainly a night watchman, a low-profile policeman who ensures the basic safety of every individual.
Then the policeman recognised me, breaking into profuse apologies.
A policeman has the power to arrest a criminal.
He repassed the street when he saw the policeman coming up.
A policeman on patrol discovered the bodies at a remote beauty spot near Charterhouse, Somerset.
I glanced at my agate stone and then back at the policeman.
The gunmen opened fire, killing a policeman and a passer-by.
Ex-traffic policeman Isaacs said it was "lekker" (nice) to have had ANC Daily News Briefing
He found he had bopped a policeman on the head by mistake.
Newspapers around the world showed the picture above of the Paraguayan policeman trying desperately to revive the baby he rescued from the smouldering supermarket.
'Come on, sir, move on,' said the policeman.
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
A policeman on the scene said the family were away and no-one was in the house when the fire swept through the grade-two listed building.
A keen German radio ham, named only as Michael B, overheard a policeman calling for help after his car got stuck in a muddy field near Frankfurt.

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