Sentence examples for like a policeman from inspiring English sources

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It's sort of like a policeman on traffic duty.

What is this nation of ours that can treat love like a policeman?

Before long, like a policeman who doesn't want to waste time, I speed up the investigation.

Liam stood like a policeman guarding a protest when not hunched before his microphone.

The late doyen of golf writers, Peter Dobereiner, once described my swing as like "a policeman trying to break down a door".

He looked so uncomfortable, dressed up like a policeman at a disco and desperately hoping that sardonic wordiness would compliment a programme about some hammers on wheels.

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"Nobody bullies us there," says Tom, who says he'd like to be a policeman when he's older, while James would like to be an actor or singing teacher.

"I don't like that this is happening because my friends hate the police, and I really would like to become a policeman when I grow up," he said, "but it feels like I might not be able to because of this".

"It's a bit like being a policeman," he said, "a miserable job that someone has to do".

It's like installing a policeman, and one moreover who keeps changing the law".

One Iraqi said the paranoia was like having a policeman patrol inside your mind.

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