Sentence examples for detective means from inspiring English sources

Part of being a fruit detective means figuring out what will be the next kiwi.

By "if they're not busy," the detective means if the cell isn't already occupied.

" "Going detective" means finding out through a combination of dietary analysis and amateur psychology what a client's problem is, and making lots of sensible suggestions on how to improve their health and fitness.

Nair: cannot agree that concessions and credibility of (lowly) detective means state case not strong.

Dirk is a holistic detective, which means that he believes in the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things" and he investigates his cases by doing absolutely nothing and relies on coincidence and happenstance to guide him toward a solution.

The two men spoke using code, translated by Joseph Longo, another commission detective: "Christmases" meant kickback payments, for example, and "shingle" meant lawyer.

Every great detective was meant to have his distinguishing quirks, but far more importantly, he was to have his "method".

The supervisor voiced some concern that pairing gang investigators with precinct detectives would mean that they would investigate too many less serious gang-related crimes, rather than focusing on major cases.

DETECTIVE: Guess that means we'll be "carton" him off to jail.

But this is a simple fact of detective work; the means themselves are not for the squeamish.

The detective asked, "Basically means in most of them, but not all?" Mr. Malvo replied, "In all of them".