English example sentences with "detective"

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Holmes is a great pipe man as well as a great detective.
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The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.
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The man turned out to be a private detective.
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The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.
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The detective has a lot of adventures.
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Detective Columbo is always in a frayed raincoat.
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I am halfway through this detective story.
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A detective arrived upon the scene of the crime.
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The detective surprised the truth from the waitress.
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The detective promised to look into the matter right away.
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The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
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The detective took down his testimony on the spot, word for word.
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The detective took down his oral testimony on the spot.
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The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
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The detective took down his testimony on the spot.
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I read detective stories exclusively.
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I felt like reading the detective story.
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Detective stories hold a special attraction for me.
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When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories.
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I have not the least interest in detective stories.
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It's a special holiday for people who like detective stories.
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The detective took six months to get at the truth of that affair.
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Detective stories are amusing.
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He reads detective stories on occasion.
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He would sit for hours reading detective stories.
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He is a detective.
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He amused himself by reading a detective story.
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He has written a number of exciting detective stories.
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He is absorbed in reading a detective story.
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He is absorbed in reading detective novels.
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He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.
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He amused himself by reading a detective story after supper.
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He would often read detective stories after supper.
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She hired a private detective to inquire into the case.
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She described him as a detective.
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She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.
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Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
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I used to read detective stories before going to bed.
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The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
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He occasionally reads detective novels.
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The detective shadowed the suspect for four blocks.
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The detective I hired called to tell me he has a promising lead.
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The detective was accused of planting evidence at the scene of the crime.
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He should be a psychic detective.
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He enjoyed reading detective stories.
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Tom thinks he's being shadowed by a private detective.
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Tom is a detective.
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I always read detective stories from cover to cover; they're so exciting!
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Tom was a homicide detective before he retired.
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Tom wanted to hire a detective.
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The detective held the wine glass up to the light checking for fingerprints.
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The detective has evidence of the crime.
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One of the clichés of each detective story is that the victim has obviously been hit "with a blunt object".
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"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
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"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
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"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
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I read only detective novels.
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I am not a Polish detective, dear lady. I am an international detective.
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I am not a Polish detective, dear lady. I am an international detective.
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I'm a detective.
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Tom is a good detective.
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Are you a detective?
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Tom is a police detective.
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She hired a private detective.
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He hired a private detective.
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Tom hired a private detective.
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Tom hired a private detective to follow Mary.
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He is a famous detective and my friend.
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The benefit of being a consulting detective is that I can pick and choose my clients.
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He's a private detective.
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Tom is a retired detective.
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Tom likes reading detective novels.
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I don't think Tom would hire a private detective.
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You'd make a good private detective.
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Tom enjoys reading detective stories.
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Tom had his wife Mary followed by a private detective.
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Sometimes he reads detective stories.
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Tom likes to read detective novels.
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I’m a consulting detective.
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Tom is a private detective.
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Tom really likes detective novels.
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Even a chief detective like Tom fails in doing his job, without the huge help of colleagues and associates.
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Lisa Gardner writes crime novels about the detective D. D. Warren.
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Why would Tom hire a private detective?
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The police detective said that all of the doors and windows were locked from the inside.
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Did you know Tom was a detective?
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Detective Dan Anderson was assigned to join U.S. Marshal Brown's team.
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Dan was a homicide detective.
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Detective Dan Anderson rode to the murder scene.
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Detective Dan Anderson took Linda in for questioning.
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Detective Dan Anderson was the only investigator to follow that lead.
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Detective Dan Anderson waited anxiously for the crime lab results.
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Detective Dan Anderson verified Linda's statements.
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Detective Dan Anderson took Linda to the station for further questioning.
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Detective Dan Anderson stayed on the trail like a bloodhound.
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Detective Dan Anderson scoured the scene for evidence.
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Detective Dan Anderson returned to Linda's house armed with a search warrant.
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Detective Dan Anderson picked up another trail.
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Detective Dan Anderson interviewed Linda.
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Detective Dan Anderson has finally pieced together the whole murder story.
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Detective Dan Anderson got an anonymous tip from a man who claimed to know Linda.
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