adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
uniformed police
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Uniformed police and plainclothes detectives were present in large numbers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
constable
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They loomed up, two uniformed constables .
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There was a uniformed constable by the bed all the time, but David Evans was hanging about as an unofficial extra.
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P.C. Clifford and the other uniformed constable lent a hand in getting the stretcher with its heavy burden up the steps.
guard
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From behind the wire fencing, a uniformed guard eyes us with binoculars.
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There were two uniformed guards outside the building.
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The desk and its uniformed guard were just ahead.
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The best-class rubbish is found at the gates of high-walled mansions, their privacy protected by barking Alsatians and uniformed guards .
man
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She'd been sitting on the edge of the bed when they'd arrived, two large uniformed men .
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The uniformed men asked to see papers, and Pastor Braun, who carried a ledger with him, interceded for inmates.
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We had observed a uniformed man standing there, on the inside.
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A uniformed man , there to ward off sightseers, saluted.
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He told the operator where he was, what he had found, and asked for two more uniformed men .
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They were uniformed men , closing in on Tess with slow purposeful steps.
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Two uniformed men were on their hands and knees, brushing at the carpet with their fingers.
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As the people opened their doors and windows, they saw several uniformed men with four cannons.
officer
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We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself, who are being eliminated, won't feel under pressure.
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A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers has been working on the inquiry.
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That means that we have even fewer uniformed officers on our streets because they have to do civilian tasks such as manning telephones.
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He'd been shown to the interview room where Scott sat with a uniformed officer close by the door.
policeman
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A uniformed policeman stood under a lamp, his hands clasped behind his back.
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She was followed out on to the patio by a fresh-faced, uniformed policeman .
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Opening the front door of the flat, she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman .
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He had been too engrossed in the anguish of his own thoughts to notice the approach of the two uniformed policemen .
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A uniformed policeman gave me detailed directions and along with several others I made my way to Court No. 4.
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Several more uniformed policemen came in.
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He knew that Buddie hated all detectives and uniformed policemen .
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The door was bolted but Wycliffe banged on it and was admitted by a uniformed policeman .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a uniformed guard
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A uniformed doorman smiled in welcome and confirmed Miss van Ryneveld was expecting her.
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But that was the uniformed branch's pigeon, not his.
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Cops happened by, two casual burly uniformed cops.
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He told the operator where he was, what he had found, and asked for two more uniformed men.
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However, the uniformed , sixteen-legged crocodile was an easy target for ridicule.
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Opening the front door of the flat, she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman.
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Other uniformed staff have moved to new Portacabin.
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They declared: ... were involuntary witnesses of wholly unnecessary violence inflicted by uniformed Blackshirts on interrupters.