police-station

He was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the inspector remained upon the prem - ises in the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue.

Sole Music 2010

'Now look here " if you come with us, you can always be dropped at a house somewhere, or at a police-station " and get yourself taken home somehow,' said Julian, exasperated.

An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

It could take us to the nearest police-station at any rate! '

An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

"Well, would you please, sir, march upstairs, where we can get a cab to carry your Highness to the police-station?"

Sole Music 2010

Javert had avoided him more than ever since the affair of the police-station, and M. Madeleine had not seen him.

Les Miserables 2008

"The average American newspaper, especially the so-called better sort, has the intelligence of a Baptist evangelist, the courage of a rat, the fairness of a prohibitionist boob-bumper, the information of a high-school janitor, the taste of a designer of celluloid valentines, and the honor of a police-station lawyer."

Nathan Robinson: Washington's "Newseum": The Media Gives Itself a Big, Wet, Sloppy Kiss 2008

Asking the landlady to detain her for an hour or so, without giving any reason beyond showing his authority (which made the landlady applaud herself a good deal for having locked her in), he went back to the police-station to report his proceedings.

A House to Let 2007

In the hall (every inch of which is elaborately painted, but which is as dirty as a police-station in London), a hook-nosed

Pictures from Italy 2007

One day on the "Boomtown" police-station set, the cinematographer couldn't get his cameras to synchronize with the squad room's computer monitors, yielding an annoying, rolling garble.

Small Screen Drama Kings 2007

He went to the police-station, and made a statement of the case.

A House to Let 2007