"detective" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

detective sustantivo

sustantivo + detective
Kolokacji: 31
police detective • homicide detective • narcotics detective • Manhattan detective • lead detective • ...
detective + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 41
detective story • detective work • detective novel • detective agency • detective fiction • detective sergeant • ...
detective + verbo
Kolokacji: 98
detective investigates • detective says • detective finds • detective goes • detective working • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(5) work, solve, bring, handle
Kolokacji: 4
(8) search, raid, scour
Kolokacji: 3
(9) believe, wait, think
Kolokacji: 3
1. detective follows = oficer śledczy następuje detective follows
2. detective pursues = oficer śledczy ściga detective pursues
  • Sometimes, as the detectives scrupulously pursued reports of missing or abused children that might have been Baby Hope, they found other children.
  • As detectives pursue a backlog of old cases, they check evidence from those investigations against DNA samples taken from known criminals.
  • As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.
  • It was believed Ms. Bonistall had been killed by a stranger, and detectives were pursuing new leads yesterday, the police said.
  • No arrests have been made, but police officers here said that detectives were pursuing several leads today.
  • The lieutenant declined to discuss the case other than to say that detectives were pursuing several leads.
  • A former detective pursues a Libyan terrorist.
  • Sergeant Nicastro said that detectives pursued several leads after her death, but ultimately uncovered a possible motive - the $8,000 debt to Ms. Jung.
  • Mr. Manahan said detectives are pursuing several leads.
  • A detective pursues the meaning of an explosion.
3. detective tracks = ślady oficera śledczego detective tracks
4. detective traces = ślady oficera śledczego detective traces
5. detective chases = pościgi oficera śledczego detective chases
(13) use, spend, help
Kolokacji: 3
(14) want, hope
Kolokacji: 2
(15) stare, listen, uncover
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + detective
Kolokacji: 13
tell detectives • play detective • detective assigned • hire a detective • detective called • ...
adjetivo + detective
Kolokacji: 42
private detective • undercover detective • fictional detective • retired detective • young detective • ...
preposición + detective
Kolokacji: 6
to detectives • of detectives • with detectives • for detectives • from detectives • ...

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