"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 • ...
verbo + detective
Kolokacji: 13
tell detectives • play detective • detective assigned • hire a detective • detective called • ...
(1) tell, call, name, make
Kolokacji: 4
(3) hire, lead, send, turn
Kolokacji: 4
2. lead detectives = oficerowie śledczy wiodący lead detectives
  • The dog led detectives to the water's edge, suggesting that the boys had climbed into a boat.
  • This led detectives to conclude that three of the four dead children had suffered potassium poisoning.
  • When that caller was contacted, he led detectives to a man who was charged as the scam artist.
  • Whatever he decided, there would be no trail to lead detectives to his doorstep.
  • And it was the ruse of a fake suicide that ultimately led detectives to the man charged with killing her.
  • The questioning of one led detectives to a second man who had direct information about the Hernandez case.
  • The murder of a charity executive leads detectives on a trail of political intrigue.
  • One of the accused men led detectives to the grave, he said.
  • The description led detectives from the police department's gang unit to look into the possibility that the shooting was part of an initiation ritual.
3. send detectives = wyślij oficerów śledczych send detectives
4. turn detective = oficer śledczy kolei turn detective
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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