"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(1) story, tale, yarn
Kolokacji: 3
1. detective sergeant = sierżant (z wydziału dochodzeniowo-śledczego) detective sergeant
  • They didn't make any sense to him either, which was why he had passed them on to the detective constable.
  • The 51-year-old detective constable was arrested at work on Thursday.
  • The detective constable could only shake his head in despair.
  • Well actually, a Detective Constable seemed to have done the work.
  • He was a detective constable here some four years ago -before your time.
  • The detective constable remembered being told that Frost's wife had died recently and thought it best not to ask further questions.
  • The victim, a detective constable, tried to arrest the accused.
  • A detective constable was dozing by the telephone, his feet on the table.
  • Gorrie picked up the phone and called the young detective constable at home.
  • A detective constable was working away in a corner.
(7) Conan, Goren, Benson
Kolokacji: 3
(9) Samuel
Kolokacji: 2
(10) thriller, mystery
Kolokacji: 2
detective + verbo
Kolokacji: 98
detective investigates • detective says • detective finds • detective goes • detective working • ...
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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