Sentence examples for just a detective from inspiring English sources

But I realised it's not just a detective story about idealists, but something you're not in control of".

The series, written and executive produced by "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller, will explore the early years of future Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon, back when he was just a detective.

In the end, this -- as much as his all-seeing eye, his ironclad analytical powers and his taste for strong tobacco -- is what makes him not just a detective, but Sherlock Holmes.

But just because a detective knows the ropes of a homicide investigation does not mean he can find his way around a clothes closet.

The one mixed appraisal shows a reviewer grappling for the first time with just what a detective novel is.

While this does not give an entirely comprehensive assessment, The Black Book is certainly, among other things, just such a detective novel.

"I just watched a detective that I know go through an enormous amount of stress and eventual severance from the department for a complaint he made against fellow detectives," the officer wrote in an internal email to his superior that was obtained by HuffPost.

Billy is not just a police detective but also a husband perplexed by his wife's violent, inexplicable mood swings.

Holmes is not just a great detective, he has a great profile.

Linares was not just any detective.

Notably, given the gun lobby's objections to seizing guns after just a temporary order, Detective Kovach said he had handled only one or two restraining orders involving firearms in the last year that were eventually dropped after the court hearing.