Example Sentences

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"Maybe it needs to go back to more bobbies on the beat, panda cars driving around and just keeping an eye on things - because this person, he's still around."

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023

More than 10,000 police officers will be on duty Monday, with London bobbies supplemented by reinforcements from all of Britain’s 43 police forces.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

They’re happier and sharper, and the rooftop concert crackles, down to McCartney ridiculing the bobbies who shut them down.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Rather than stopping the prank, the bobbies simply insisted the Americans don life jackets and be accompanied by a police launch.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2016

"Huh!" says I. "Listens like a case of circumstances over which—— But where did you pick up that trick of speakin' of coppers as bobbies?"

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster