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  • Oh, get out of here with that!!!, before I call a cop.

    The Thing 1948

  • If you're being raped, robbed, or murdered, don't bother calling a cop.

    Crooks and Liars 2010

  • Of course I hate it but if you're being robbed you're going to call a cop.

    A little help with sex and violence? Steven Barnes 2008

  • When he responded with a stream of bilingual invective, I told the bartender to call a cop.

    Mindbridge Haldeman, Joe 1976

  • When he responded with a stream of bilingual invective, I told the bartender to call a cop.

    Mindbridge Haldeman, Joe 1973

  • When I'm as sore as I am now the safest thing would be for you to call a cop.

    Triple Jeopardy Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1951

  • When I'm as sore as I am now the safest thing would be for you to call a cop.

    Triple Jeopardy Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 1951

  • You thank your stars that you are safe on your little stool in Fillmore's outer office, and that, if anybody jumps on top of you now, you can call a cop.

    The Adventures of Sally 1928

  • There is a Swedish lady who looks after my simple needs back there, but instinct tells me that, if I were to approach her on the subject of loosening up for the benefit of the young master, she would call a cop.

    Jill the Reckless 1928

  • "He may try to do yer ag'in, an 'I kin call a cop."

    The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Edward Stratemeyer 1896

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