"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
(13) use, spend, help
Kolokacji: 3
1. detective uses = oficer śledczy używa detective uses
2. detective spends = oficer śledczy wydaje detective spends
  • Otherwise, the detectives have spent most of their time interviewing suspects picked up in other cases, particularly those involving knife attacks.
  • Yesterday, detectives spent several hours interviewing the woman with whom he had been staying, said a building employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
  • Real detectives spend a lot of time talking to people - witnesses, suspects, victims - and the really good ones can read people very well.
  • After the unhelpful talk with the terrified girlfriend, the detectives spent some time chatting up Larry.
  • In fact, finding Roy was a lucky break, the sort that often occurs after detectives spend days pursuing fruitless leads.
  • The attorney objected to every question he posed, so the detective had spent at least half his time trying to rephrase himself.
  • The detectives spent their time in and out of the lobby.
  • A detective should spend some of his time detecting.
  • The detective, suspicious of the couples late night visitors spends the night at their house hoping to catch them sneaking in.
  • The story is that the investigation into the killing of Harvey Pounds has turned inward and detectives spent several hours with you today.
3. detective helps = oficer śledczy pomaga detective helps
(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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