| 单词 | bobby |
| 例句 | She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket for the bobby pin I carry with me, just in case, and bend down to examine the lock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “A lot of the girls aren’t into protesting or anything, but they’re all going to hate the metal detectors once they’re in. Every bobby pin they wear is going to set it off, right?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Ponytails are common or, for that characteristic Wal-Martian beat-up and hopeless look, straight shoulder-length hair, parted in the middle and kept out of the face by two bobby pins. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A bobby pin was wedged between her lips. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in black yoga pants and a light pink T-shirt with her hair pulled back on one side, fastened with crisscrossing bobby pins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She stood in a man’s tank top, black sports bra, and red basketball shorts, her hair wrapped with bobby pins. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Using one of my bobby pins, I popped the inside spring and the door sprang open. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her head is covered with tiny braids coiled into rounds and pinned down with bobby pins. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My hair cropped short like Minerva’s was that last year, held back by bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I did that time I stuck a bobby pin in a wall socket. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced around the hut for something that might help and noticed that Tiara had bobby pinned fat, blue flowers to the walls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She also recommended a haircut, but I would only go so far as a French roll, engineered with the help of some big rollers and hair-setting gel and a lot of bobby pins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She combs her fingers through my hair, retrieving approximately ten thousand bobby pins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But when I woke up and took out the bobby pins, I was too shocked even to cry or scream or stomp around the house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother wears her hair pinned back at the sides with bobby pins, so her ears are visible from the back. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a bobby pin from her hair and began to pick her teeth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A jacked-up French roll with what felt like two hundred bobby pins that started itching as soon as she left the chair. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She laughed and started redoing her bun, holding a couple of bobby pins in her teeth while she talked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I sit at the end of the pew, next to Suesetta, who is wearing a navy-blue skirt, a white starched shirt, saddle oxfords, and bobby socks. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stepped forward and caught her, a little brown thing in bobby socks, holding her against me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I put him up on the changing table and take off the wet one and Lord almighty if there ain’t three tinker toys and one a Miss Leefolt’s bobby pins in there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She walked through the halls with her books pressed against her breasts, in pleated skirt, argyle sweater, white bobby socks folded down crisply above the polished onyx buckles of her shoes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So I clean up myself, then do my hair with enough bobby pins to last through the shift, and head off for work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Amid tins of talc and boxes of bobby pins she would curl up on the floor of the storage room, speaking in non sequiturs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Fishing in her apron pocket, she pulls out bobby pins and a hair clip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her hair falls past her shoulders in loose waves, not a bobby pin in sight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mama had let me sleep in rag rollers the night before, so I had big corkscrew curls instead of my usual pigtails, and she put bobby pins in my hair, crisscrossing two on each side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Okay,” she says after pushing in the last bobby pin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me what to do,” said Isabelle, but after thinking about it she pulled another bobby pin from her pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Ladybird repositioned a bobby pin and patted the pouf at the back of her head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She had a sweet, simple face and dark, thick hair held back with bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I give the knob a shake and then put the bobby pin away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wished Isabelle were here with one of her bobby pins. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Aru wanted to believe this meant they would find objects like deflated basketballs, mismatched socks, or bobby pins. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her ration of sugar, her time at the sink, her bobby pins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that she looks obnoxiously cute—striped shirt tucked into a red skirt over tights, hair clipped back with bobby pins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She pulled Eleanor into the bathroom and started pulling bobby pins out of her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Brenda had her lip stuck out because Ellie had gotten a pair of panty hose in her Christmas stocking and she had only bobby socks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She wore an actual, well, skirt, not one of those short-short ones, and what might have been bobby socks, and looked as though she’d just walked out of my grandparents’ Brooks Brothers catalog. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “It’s hard to believe there’s bobby pins, a cap and a full head of her own hair under the wig,” McDonald said as he pointed to a photograph of LuPone wearing it. The Museum of Broadway Is Open. Here Are 10 Highlights. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Sims adds some surprises, notably a wonderful piece of reporting in which Charles Dickens accompanies a bobby on his rounds. Crime fiction: Nothing like a good 19th-century mystery 2012-01-04T22:42:04Z It's one of the many things people misremember about the show, which is fondly recalled as a cosy, moralising bit of nostalgia, in which the bobby on the beat figured as a paternal, reassuring presence. Your next box set: Dixon of Dock Green 2012-07-19T19:00:01Z Come on: don’t they know a bobby pin when they see one? RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode 12 – And the Rest is Drag 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z London’s filthy streets were a bedlam of costermongers, urchins, coffee wagons and tall-hatted bobbies. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z He was a longshoreman and a long-haul trucker; a merchant mariner and a railway fireman; a boxer, a bus driver and a British bobby. Brian Jacques, Writer of Redwall Series, Dies at 71 2011-02-09T05:31:46Z Rancic’s updo was bothering her so she liberated her hair from its prison and announced her victory over the tyranny of bobby pins for all who were watching. Grammy Awards 2015 Recap 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z What does a bobby on the beat do? The weekend's TV: The Killing 2011-03-26T23:15:01Z See Anni Albers' necklace of wine-bottle corks and bobby pins for one of the cheekier examples, an adornment that looks like it could have been made yesterday rather than in 1940. Surprises abound in the illuminating 'Leap Before You Look' at UCLA's Hammer Museum 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z They were model 1990s cops — cool, professional and interchangeable — and as far from the tragic, tortured cops of “NYPD Blue” as Sherlock Holmes is from an English bobby. Television: How ?Law & Order? Helped New York Tourism 2010-05-28T19:57:00Z A thoughtfully considered shelf holds bobby pins and a marble box of tampons. After Culinary and Literary Acclaim, She’s Moving to the Woods 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z You may realise that somewhere inside the scenes of heavily armed Californian households and polite British bobbies and machine-gun-equipped-cars and deer in armour plating is a commentary on gun control, or you may not. Comedy gold: Robin Williams's A Night at the Met 2012-12-06T15:15:00Z After clipping the twist in place – like with Conair’s classic bobby pins – Colombini advised moving to work on the rest of the tresses. Get the Look: Meghan Markle's signature messy bun 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Ducking into a drugstore, she picked up “some bobby pins and a nail file.” Henrietta Bingham’s Jazz Age Life 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z What fascinated me was that the girl who rode bikes or opened holiday presents with her brother, and posed in the swing skirts and bobby socks of another era, looked remarkably like me. In the house of alternative facts: How my parents' lies prepared me for post-truth America 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Take a tiny bobby pin and push the end of that strand under the base of the elastic and finish with a tad of hair spray. Ponytail primer: More than pulling back hair 2011-02-23T21:19:18Z So after Britt’s very successful date, Kelsey puts on her best mom jeans and most serious cardigan, bobby pins back her power bob and goes to tell Chris her story. 'The Bachelor' Watch: Rose Ceremony, Interrupted 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But rock ’n’ roll doesn’t make fashion relevant any more than putting bobby socks with stilettos does, although Oscar de la Renta did both. | Fashion Review: Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Theory - N.Y. Fashion Week 2011-09-15T03:49:48Z These bedazzled bobby pins are as practical as they are dazzling. Gifts for the Person Who’s Cooler Than You Are 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “The Reynolds Sisters” entertained the church pews in hula skirts and bobby socks. Ailing, alone and 89. So how could Hilda Reynolds be joyous? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z In her hair were bobby pins, which would be removed at the time of the show. Last Night, Calvin Klein — This Morning, Algebra 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s very responsible, even if the imagery is very disturbing: you’re seeing bobbies firing at people in the street, people with their clothes burned off. 50 documentaries you need to see 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z To secure the updo shape, he used bobby pins and spritzed Finale Shaping Spray, also by Virtue, all over. The 3 Oscars Beauty Trends Worth Talking About 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Tools, furniture and bobby pins are among the raw materials in “From Here to Elsewhere: Kindled by Things,” a five-artist show at MPA at Chain Bridge Gallery. In the galleries: Washington from on high, as it was and as it was meant to be 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In the U.K., access to firearms is so restricted that even its police force isn’t armed, carrying bobby sticks instead. What TV gets wrong about guns 2014-02-14T23:30:00Z She noted that Rockwell managed to paint the small piece of tape around her leg from a sprained ankle that appeared above her bobby sock: "He didn't miss the details." Americana revisited: Rockwell's models reuniting 2012-09-28T21:42:08Z In this game, I would bobby pin one of my grandmother’s yellow towels over my own hair. What the Church Meant for James Baldwin 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Once handcuffed in a bathtub, he extracts a bobby pin from the tub’s drain using his tongue to free himself. ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’ Review: Attempted Murder, but Make It Comedy 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z For the second dinner, Mr. Galliano was dressed in a kind of black Cossack coat and curly lamb cap, his long hair clamped into pigtails with many bobby pins. On the Runway: 57th and St.-Honor? 2010-12-10T17:58:00Z The bobbies come to arrest but it turns out that they must wait their turn. Cannes diary: day seven 2012-05-22T13:56:07Z But there are threats that we haven’t evolved to perceive, and need to learn about, which is why your kid won’t eat broccoli but will happily toddle toward an electrical outlet, bobby pin in hand. Why human brains are bad at assessing the risks of pandemics 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Maria Karametou weaves bobby pins into large wall hangings that resemble circuit boards as much as quilts. In the galleries: Washington from on high, as it was and as it was meant to be 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z She carries the big round sunglasses she's famous for as well as bobby pins wherever she goes for a quick transformation. Richie eyes sustained success through Impulse 2012-08-21T20:16:04Z Small containers on the table are filled with bobby pins, hair clips and rubber bands and sit next to hair spray and combs. Stylish twist: Salons offering `braid bars' 2012-08-15T16:15:12Z Instead, it told you to call the bobbies. Instead of filing a lost luggage claim, British Airways told him to call the police 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Opening the book, we’re greeted by a bobby pin, a loopy spring, a proud title-page wire hanger, and a humble staple, in its two essential positions. Richard McGuire: The Art of the New Yorker Spot Illustration 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z You can pick up recycling sacks, apply for bus passes, and talk, during a regular surgery, to the local bobby. Hands off our libraries 2011-02-03T21:00:03Z There was always a bobby hanging around with a quick wit and a quick baton, and I just found the London Underground … It’s really a rabbit warren. Q&A With Johnnie Mac, Street Performer 2010-03-31T03:02:00Z Todd Carty – for ever Tucker to one generation and the square's Mark Fowler to another – worked a third opening as demented bobby Gabriel Kent. Missing a beat 2010-08-26T19:59:00Z As to what Drake might discover about the fates of the ghostly bobby and Sam Tyler, and whether she'll get home, that's still up in the air. Unreported World 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z But the report finds bobbies who should be on the beat are behind desks, backfilling for civilian support staff who have been stripped out. Met Police: where next for the force after Casey review? 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The bathroom is stocked with Listerine, Lubriderm lotion and bobby pins; the fridges teem with Red Bull, baby carrots and a wide selection of juices. What Does Workplace TikTok Look Like During Layoffs? It Gets Weird. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z As for making yourself unpopular, you might as well show up to a university lecture wearing Christopher Robin shorts and white bobby socks as be accused of anthropomorphism. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z I think there’s tape, safety pins and bobby pins all behind that brooch holding it together. 'Black Hollywood' photo book stars Black actors at the center of film's golden ages 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z More than 10,000 police officers will be on duty Monday, with London bobbies supplemented by reinforcements from all of Britain’s 43 police forces. Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is huge security challenge 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z “I would wear brown tights and white bobby socks and I would gallop around the house.” A ‘magical’ treatment for seniors with dementia: Horse therapy 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Once those are done, she will find someone to trade the house for a bobby pin and try her luck a second time. A TikToker with a bobby pin made 28 trades for a house. Now, she plans to do it all over again. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z They’re happier and sharper, and the rooftop concert crackles, down to McCartney ridiculing the bobbies who shut them down. How much Beatles is too much? Our experts gorge on the new docuseries, 'Get Back' 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z And he cautions: "The bobby on the beat, while being the public's favourite crime solution, will also be the least likely to actually be successful." Levelling up: The seaside town fighting violence and frustration 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Allen was “always taking my socks and bobby pins, following me around everywhere I went,” Rashad, 72, remembers. The astonishing ubiquity of Debbie Allen 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z A skilled seamstress, Mrs. Whitfield sewed the dolls’ outfits: bright, patterned dresses trimmed with lace, matching bloomers, bobby socks and dress shoes. Loretta Whitfield, co-creator of Black Baby Whitney doll, dies at 79 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “We are fully renovating the house … and then whenever that’s done, my plan is to actually trade the house for a bobby pin,” she said in an interview with The Washington Post. A TikToker with a bobby pin made 28 trades for a house. Now, she plans to do it all over again. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The referee has a word with the local bobby, who runs off to see what’s what. Cheltenham v Manchester City: FA Cup fourth round – live! 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Now 84, former inspector Pearson recalls how, in his rookie days as a bobby on the beat in the 1950s, he bumped into a larger-than-life character in Buckinghamshire market town Chesham. Who was the real 'Prince Monolulu'? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Dr. Who, his granddaughter, his niece and a London bobby find that Daleks have invaded 22nd-century Earth and are turning humans into slaves. Movies on TV this week: 'Tootsie' on Showtime; 'Halloween' on AMC 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z “Doing away with the traditional American police force in favor of the British bobby will not work in a country consumed with handguns and committing crimes against merchants,” he said. Pressure to ‘defund police’ turns chats into into action 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z She didn’t expect anyone to follow along, but suddenly, a video chronicling her first two trades – the bobby pin for a pair of pink earrings for three margarita glasses – started gaining traction. A TikToker with a bobby pin made 28 trades for a house. Now, she plans to do it all over again. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Clumsy me must pay special attention to bobby pins, glasses and hearing aids. Opinion | Our cruise ship was quarantined. Now we’re on an Air Force base. But the end is in sight. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The challenge for any police force is the loud cry from Joe Public that they want to see more bobbies on the beat. 11 key Plaid Cymru policies explained 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z It features whimsical objects, too: one vitrine contains jewelry Albers made in collaboration with Alexander Reed that transformed ordinary household hardware — strainers, paper clips, bobby pins — into objects that evoke ancient adornments. How a constellation of 6 artists — all women — helped make Modernism more Mexican 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The 65-year-old actor plays Moose, a childlike man who appears to eke out a living as a Hollywood street performer, portraying a mustachioed British bobby on the sidewalks of Tinseltown, collecting tips from tourists. Review | As an obsessed movie fan, John Travolta goes all out in ‘The Fanatic,’ an otherwise forgettable thriller 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The next day, I was on the living room floor with an upside down empty pill bottle and some bobby pins stuck around the opening: my own homemade model Lunar Module.” Readers remember the historic moon landing, 50 years later 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But the local bobby, PC Alfred Hall, was unhappy with this and returned to the scene early next day. The 'forgotten victim' of a 100-year-old murder mystery 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z “I figured, my hair is going to grow back, and I’ll need a bobby pin.” 'Hatred doesn't build overnight': behind the powerful Auschwitz exhibition 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Will Stewart, managing director of The Point 1888, said: "I grew up in London, so to be able to generate revenue that puts more bobbies on the beat in my home town is an honour." Met Police to sell branded clothing 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Scottish police also got in on the act, with bobbies in Dumfries and Galloway sharing the post and warning members of the public to "keep away" from the suspect. Police hunt Ross from Friends 'lookalike' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Fallout games are overloaded with things to collect: old toys and burnt books, rusty revolvers and bobby pins for picking locks. Fallout 76 hands-on: three hours in Bethesda’s online wasteland 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z That approach is clearly evident on the albums gems, such as “Heart Like a Wheel” which would best be described as a “stroll” in a bygone bobby sox era. Review: Eric Church is a ‘Desperate Man’ on latest album 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z If surgeons move the electrode by as little as the width of a bobby pin, they hold Frankensteinian power to play with a person’s emotions. Can brain-stimulating implants treat some severe cases of autism? 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z During World War II, Frank Sinatra became a singing sensation and was besieged by young female fans called “bobby soxers” wherever he went. Nancy Barbato Sinatra, steadfast first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Deodorant, some gum... a single bobby pin... and that’s me in a bag! What’s In Your Bag, Kimbra? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z So, for many parties the promise of more bobbies on the beat is a popular one. General election 2017: Politicians’ promises for keeping us safe - BBC News 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The party said it would fund additional "bobbies on the beat" by reversing Tory plans for cuts to capital gains tax. Election 2017: Labour promises 10,000 extra police - BBC News 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Bush was famously disinterested in fashion, nevertheless her clothes convey status, money and power: the creamy dress, the pearls, the bobby dazzler of a diamond earring. A history of official first lady portraits 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Do I instruct hubby to buy me bobby pins and risk him buying the wrong size again? How Alexa Fits Into Amazon’s Prime Directive 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z A muscled chestnut horse, he sports bobby socks on all four feet, and his face is creased by a white racing stripe. Breeders’ Cup: Arrogate’s Win Ends California Chrome’s Perfect Year 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z This muscled chestnut sports bobby socks on all four feet, and his face is creased by a white racing stripe. Much Is on the Line for California Chrome at the Breeders’ Cup 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z You will also need strong hair elastics, some French pins, which are more flexible than bobby pins, and six scrunchies. How to style your hair like Harley Quinn or an emoji 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Rather than stopping the prank, the bobbies simply insisted the Americans don life jackets and be accompanied by a police launch. In honor of American independence, a good-natured poke at the British 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z In retrospect, the hairstyle captured in its tangle of bobby pins and torrent of hair spray the zeitgeist of the 1960s. Margaret Vinci Heldt, hairdresser who took hair to new heights with beehive, dies at 98 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z “We get back to bobby on the beat—developing assets.” Spy for a Day 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In one case, an unsupervised 5-year-old child suffered a shock to the hand and burns after inserting a bobby pin into an electrical outlet, the paper said. Report: Child care agency given top marks despite violations 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Wheaton, who is 84, has inquiring eyes, a soft, wry voice and gray hair held back with bobby pins. The Archive of Eating 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z He said he’s used the tear gas canister about three times in the 16 years he’s been a bobby. From panda babies to stock market crashes, the news never stops 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Improvements in communication technology, along with roads in the area, mean the days of the village bobby here are long gone. Wensleydale police and farmers tackle sheep rustlers - BBC News 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z His wardrobe was filled with the black blazers of a crime-busting bobby and his office contained an armory of stun guns for subduing the outlaws he claimed to hunt. Chinese man builds fake police station in flat and poses as cop in elaborate con 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z A former bobby himself is quoted as admitting that U.S. policing — confronting America’s ubiquitous gun presence — must remain different from Britain’s. The Post buys into the anti-police narrative 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He employed an orchestra, climbed inside a piano to plink its strings with a bobby pin, and incorporated everyday sounds like keys jangling or dogs barking into the songs. Brian Wilson’s music genius, mental issues are focus of film 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z With further savings set to be made over the next five years, is the bobby on the beat - as the Police Federation of England and Wales has claimed - really now an "endangered species"? Are bobbies on the beat 'endangered'? - BBC News 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Volunteers picked up enough material to start a beauty salon, including bobby pins, hair ties, a hair brush, a hair weave and a wig. Whoopee cushion, bra pad, parking meter among NJ beach trash 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z When he went from bobby soxer idol to the man Ava Gardner had left behind, the heartbreak oozed out of him. Ol’ Blue Eyes still sparkles, a century later 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z “In England, would you know what a bobby is?” Frames of Reference 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Scotland Yard said Sunday it was increasing the deployment of officers allowed to carry firearms in Britain, where many cling to the image of the unarmed “bobby.” To counter terror, Europe’s police reconsider their arms 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Scotland Yard said Sunday it was increasing the deployment of officers allowed to carry firearms in Britain, where many cling to the image of the unarmed "bobby." To counter terror, Europe's police reconsider their arms 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Salmon says the police will direct funds where the public want them, with "more bobbies on the beat". The end of the CCTV era? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The move is expected to save the police force about $9.4 million a year, or the equivalent of 130 bobbies on the beat, according to the mayor. Abu Dhabi Investors Buy Scotland Yard 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Sir Robert Peel—whose nickname begat London’s “bobbies”—was Britain’s Home Secretary in 1829 and spearheaded the formation of London’s police force. Nine Time-Tested Rules of Good Policing 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In an instant, he can switch from crafting a handcuff pick out of a bobby pin to discussing the escalation of force needed to disarm an assailant. The Business Of Survival: Lessons From A CIA Officer Turned Entrepreneur 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Until then, brawlers outside fast food restaurants in the Highlands run the risk of being confronted by better-equipped bobbies than in the past. Britain's first armed police on routine patrol 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Like if I was in England, I'd be me and a bobby, or in Scotland it would be me and Nessy. Comic-Con 2014: Quentin Tarantino on the Django-Zorro crossover 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z If your bobby pins blend into your hair color, mix them with something that stands out. Summer Hair Tips From John Barrett: How To Style Bangs 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Today was the day when a representative of the trade union of home secretaries took on what is, in effect, the bobbies' trade union. Police - change or be changed 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z And the entire place emptied out and they were back in an hour, clean-shaven, white blouse, bobby socks. Our sad “Mad Men” revolution: How consumerism co-opted rebellion 2014-05-04T11:00:00Z Business Week wrote in 1934 that it was caught “in a London fog of scrambled titles,” adding, “Its bobbies now direct a traffic stream of tenants down the scale of living.” Chelsea Complex Divided Over Rare Indoor Amenity 2014-02-18T02:02:52Z For years, it had been a love unrequited – the kind of one-way affection fueling rock songs from the days of poodle skirts and bobby socks. Christie and Springsteen: A Tale of Devotion, and a Very Public Snub 2014-01-15T18:51:34Z As if on cue, Gates’ book instantly became a bobby club for lawmakers to batter the Obama administration. Biden Who? Gates Book Goes Tougher on Congress 2014-01-08T15:05:23Z The Daily Mail imagines the bobby's thought process: "Nope, I don't recognise that face. Or that one. But then again, that little old lady with the handbag and crown definitely seems familiar..." Watkins and Biggs make headlines 2013-12-19T06:11:14Z The ability to collect information on Federal judges, government leaders, and presidential candidates makes J. Edgar Hoover’s 1950s blackmail schemes as quaint as the bobby socks and poodle skirts of that era. Could the NSA make Edward Snowden disappear? 2013-12-04T13:32:00Z The report will say the neighbourhood system is the "building block of fair and effective policing" and "bobbies on the beat are disappearing and neighbourhood policing must be saved". Call for police standards overhaul 2013-11-25T06:02:19Z The report will say "bobbies on the beat are disappearing and neighbourhood policing must be saved". Local policing 'must be saved' 2013-11-24T02:14:25Z A few weeks later, two Scotland Yard bobbies rapped on Mugenzi’s door to deliver a letter. The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman 2013-09-04T09:00:01Z "So here I am, the human underneath the wigs," she said, removing her headpiece and bobby pins to reveal a tousled brunette bob. Lady Gaga opens iTunes festival 2013-09-01T23:34:27Z French students in neckties and bobby socks threw cobblestones at the police and demanded that the sclerotic postwar system must change. Memo From France: A Proud Nation Ponders How to Halt Its Slow Decline 2013-08-24T19:59:24Z The report also says that, faced with budget cuts, police chiefs must avoid putting "buildings before bobbies" and should replace police stations with "cops in shops". Police urged to focus on prevention 2013-04-29T04:08:46Z For those unfamiliar with the culture and traditions of British policing, and the almost mythic status of the "bobby on the beat," it sounds like a very modest reform. What do bobbies learn on the beat? 2013-01-30T00:55:27Z The constables were known as bobbies or peelers after the MP. In pictures: History of policing 2012-10-11T00:05:59Z "She was a good listener and couldn't do enough for people; she was a lovely friend and a great bobby." Funeral for shot police officer 2012-10-03T01:46:09Z But there is a concern that, actually, public discussion will be dominated by familiar simplistic refrains - the answer to crime is "bobbies on the beat" or "zero-tolerance" or simply "more police". Do voters really want to choose their police commissioner? 2012-09-27T13:50:55Z However, the "bobby on the beat" still patrols the streets with no firearm for protection. IHT Rendezvous: Double Police Murder Raises Question: Should Officers Be Armed? 2012-09-20T11:20:23Z It's the single most obvious feature that sets the British bobby apart from their counterparts overseas. Why British police don’t have guns 2012-09-19T08:03:30Z He said Miss Bone was a "calm, gentle woman", an "excellent bobby" and had been in the middle of planning her wedding. PC killer suspect 'was on bail' 2012-09-19T03:41:56Z Thus, there's no reason to worry about security – apart from, I would suggest, the fact that these bumbling bobbies are in charge of it. The worst Olympics ever: Now we know why police never caught Benny Hill 2012-07-31T20:04:07Z A friendly bobby explained that the different colors represent different regiments. EYES ON LONDON: Flying squirrels and horse guards 2012-07-27T09:01:09Z Television captured or perhaps created the image of the "bobby" in Dixon of Dock Green. 12 things in 212 words that every 2012 visitor should know 2012-07-27T00:46:38Z Over time, this notion of guns being inimical to community policing - and, indeed, to the popular conception of the Dixon of Dock Green-style bobby - was reinforced. Why British police don’t have guns 2012-09-19T08:03:30Z He paid tribute to Miss Hughes, describing her as a "chatterbox" and a "great bobby" who was "always smiling". PC killer suspect 'was on bail' 2012-09-19T03:41:56Z The bid for the Games was made on the basis the unarmed "British bobby" would be its welcoming face. The Olympic fear factor 2012-07-23T10:58:32Z G4S runs seven prisons in England and Wales and is eyeing new business as police forces, under budgetary pressures, are looking to outsource to companies like G4S for their bobbies on the beat. G4S profile: Who is G4S? 2012-07-12T12:49:52Z He ended each programme speaking directly to the audience as though he really was the bobby on your beat. 12 things in 212 words that every 2012 visitor should know 2012-07-27T00:46:38Z Britain had three teams, all made up of bobbies on the beat: the City of London police, the Met, and some law-abiding loons from Liverpool. The Joy of Six: Former Olympic sports 2012-07-06T10:51:10Z On the road, it's quite clear they are in charge - pushing back local marshals, G4S security officers, or even the occasional uniformed bobby who gets too close to the flame. Olympic torch: Security team gain fame 2012-07-06T09:50:21Z "Prada is closed?!!" an Asian shopper asks a British policeman in a traditional bobby helmet. The accidental performer: A walk in Olympic Park 2012-07-03T09:00:12Z Helmeted English bobbies stroll between groups of fans in pavement cafes, shaking hands like travelling royalty. Euro 2012: England's crusading fans find sunny Donetsk to their liking 2012-06-11T12:55:54Z For some this is the success of the British model where there is consent to the bobby's authority. 12 things in 212 words that every 2012 visitor should know 2012-07-27T00:46:38Z So the appointment of Tom Winsor as Chief Inspector of Constabulary, should it happen, signals something more profound than ministers putting two fingers up to belligerent bobbies. Do you need a copper to inspect the cops? 2012-06-08T15:19:49Z Or in a snow-choked city wretchedly, Dead babe at breast, with bare blown hair, A ruined woman crawled with quivering knee; Two bobbies scowled at her. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z And the swells snarl and sneer, and the bobbies are bid to be sharp with their staves, And the dupes who get all the cracked heads are informed if they don't they'll be slaves. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z Not a soul to speak to; not a face I knew; even the bobbies looking sour when I asked them a civil question; and starvation staring me in the face.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The bobby surveyed the strange nondescript that had been washed up by the tide of Wapping. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I dismissed the cab at the corner; then I walked--or rather sneaked--along the pavement; if a bobby had seen me he'd have been all suspicion--till I reached the house. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z When policemen was making free with me I wish I was always meeting people in the streets who would make them interfering bobbies let me go. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z "Killed to the bone, as they say," replied the Doctor; "but the trouble was, that on account of falling on the goose the jar wasn't broken, so the bobbies got the potheen." In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z And as for the ‘bobby’ himself, we’ll have to send him away for the day. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z There was not a soul in sight except this solemn London bobby, who stood four square in the Sailor's path. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The baronet turned away as the bobby started toward the station house, conducting his bewildered victim by the nape of the neck. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z As she did so a thin, nasal voice broke into song: For 'e was oiled in every joint, A bobby came up who was standin' point. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z A far cry from portraying bobbies on the beat, the film explores Stalin's secret police in the anti-religous state. The Bill's Reg Hollis actor wins US award for Soviet-era film 2011-08-14T14:53:30Z Next day sure enough Bob did start off with the “bobby’s” wife to buy the bonnie things. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z At which point we'd tell the nearest bobby how Granny Fiver makes a clanking noise when she walks, and laugh heartily as we watched her getting bundled into the back of a black maria. A trip back to 1979 2011-08-04T15:33:59Z But I p. 44must be off; here comes a bobby,’ said the boy, frightened at the appearance of one of the town police. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The streets all along the route of the procession were crowded with great masses of people, held back from the road by London bobbies. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z Long before things got bad in Brixton we and the police respected each other - I knew my local bobby by name. Brixton Riots: 30 years on 2011-04-10T00:17:02Z They stopped, extremely gaunt and lonely, And, now the site is used, it's only A haunt of bobbies. Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z One very protuberant man, standing in front of a swanky little novelty shop, was wearing bright yellow shorts, with yellow bobby sox to match. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Then I'll remind you; and your friend the bobby shall hear too, now he's come so close. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The police had some difficulty in clearing a way for aristocratic ladies through crowds of roughs assembled to see “a gent in the hands of the bobbies!” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Tommy Beadlam, he of the white head, ran after him to ask why the “bobby” brought him to the “Black Lion,” but Martin averted eyes laden with misery, and motioned his little friend away. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z But I did try my hardest to get it back—because the young gent let me off when the bobbies would have walked me to quod. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z We could make a fortune selling the little things people leave behind and never call for--tooth brushes, bobby pins, things like that. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The bobby is devilish considerate, Lord Gilly, in not naming you as the careless one, isn't he? The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It's only on spec the old lady sent the bobbies here. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z I used to call my two pipes the two bobbies, because they steered straight for their station, and these two did the same office for the piles. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z All new recruits must also spend a period as a probationary constable or "bobby on the beat". 'Fast track' for police recruits 2011-01-12T12:55:38Z David has long black curly lashes, and thick hair, while Donna's hair is so fine it won't even hold a bobby pin or a ribbon. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z A Britain counting the pennies but capable of keeping bobbies on the beat, the army in Afghanistan and the nation's borders secure from international terrorism. Spending review: Osborne gambles with the economy 2010-10-20T17:44:00Z The chief constable added: "Everyone talks about reducing bureaucracy and putting more bobbies on the beat and this report shows that Northern Constabulary is doing just that." Force 'failing' on crime targets 2010-04-06T23:45:00Z A bobby dazzler, according to urbandictionary.com is "a quaint colloquial term from northern England pertaining to someone very special indeed, either through good looks or by simply wearing something fancy." Monday Qualifier 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z The 'bobby,' you know, just now"—she nodded toward the porte-coch�re—"I was positive he had come to drag you away to your loathsome dungeon. The Haunted Pajamas Having a normal amount of feminine vanity, I like to cream my face at night, and do up stray wisps of hair in curlers and bobby pins, after removing every trace of makeup. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z It is policed by English bobbies, Irishmen, Sikhs from India, and Chinamen. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse We sha’n’t do nothing to make us afraid to look a bobby in the face. Blind Policy A few days earlier, Poulter posted this Olympics observation on Twitter: "do you think the figure skaters are wearing my outfits.... ha ha ha look at them bobby dazzlers." Monday Qualifier 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z On a corner he bumped into two bobbies. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. "Speaking of your New York cops," Freddy Farmer chuckled, "I wouldn't be here now, if it hadn't been for a bobby in the Bronx." Dave Dawson at Casablanca And the third bobby dealt such an ill-tempered gash to the dog's nose that the combat ended in instant death for the cat. The Story of the Trapper Horse’ll be all right if there don’t come a bobby prowling round. Blind Policy Golf, unattractive and cloaked in controversy last week, was no bobby dazzler. Monday Qualifier 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z The bobbies were satisfied that this young giant was crazy and they had better humor him. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. I got off and asked a bobby how to get there. Dave Dawson at Casablanca She’s turned a powerful big woman now, and could throw a London bobby over her shoulder. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) I stopped a bobby in the Strand and asked him about it," he said, "but he told me to move on. Changing Winds A Novel A man came up the street and halted the bobby. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Allison was lounging at a table drinking tea with O'Malley when two bobbies and a disheveled man wrapped in a wool blanket marched into the mess. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. When the tinker returned she was sitting on the church steps, the children huddled so close about her that she was barely distinguishable in the encircling mass of shingled heads, bobby curls, pigtails and hair-ribbons. Seven Miles to Arden Police: organised in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel, after whom the members of the force were called 'bobbies' and 'peelers.' The History of London "They are the usual not too intelligent country bobbies, I suppose?" Simon The bobby looked at Stan, then turned back to his beat. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin The bobbies nodded their heads and grinned broadly. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. Besides, my present employer insists on me wearing a collar with a number—same as a wild beast or a bobby. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The bobby had left the street corner, and was walking our way. Old Junk One of th' bobbies has been i' bed ever since. The Day of Judgment Weel, Will and me we goes up to a bobby and speers the way to Oxford Street. A Dominie in Doubt If you sing here, a bobby will run you in. A Son of the Immortals "Some Russian prince or other," said the obliging bobby. The Book of All-Power You mark my words: the bobbies won’t be long before they put their hands on his shoulder and bring him back.” The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne Then there's the two bobbies and Wilson's tackler, all of them i' bed, and the doctor'll be there to give evidence. The Day of Judgment At that I started to laugh, and syne the bobby he started to laugh. A Dominie in Doubt "I told one of them idle bobbies to go and fetch him from Bloomsbury." The Opal Serpent Louis said the London "bobbies" were true to life. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson In fine if you believe in self-expression And disdain to be a law-abiding man, You must cultivate a hobby of insulting ev'ry bobby Whenever you conveniently can. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 There was lots o’ men big enough to be him; but I couldn’t get near enough to see for the bobbies. Fighting the Flames Suddenly, however, while the excitement was at its height, there came a cry of alarm from the onlookers, “The bobby! the bobby!” Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes I believe, if it hadn’t been for the bobby at the gate, the fellow would have tried to knife me, although my running him down was quite an accident. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Mr. du Maurier's bobby was as delightfully honest, plain-witted, heavy-booted and friendly a fellow as ever held up a bus or convoyed a covey of children across a street. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 Why, at one time it took ten bobbies to keep him from mauling a lot of Christian gentleman that had taken the oath and kissed the Bible over and over again. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century I say, bobby, whoever brought you up carried you up much too high, both in body and notions. Fighting the Flames "He tried it, but the bobbies caught him in the steerage of an ocean steamer, and then it was all up with him." The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus Its inmates were all "bobbies" or "peelers," out of compliment to "Bobby" Peel, who called them officially into being in 1829. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile I sees a railway porter and a bobby.” Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories I have heard Sir Robert Peel spoken of in words of vituperation for having introduced "peelers," now known as "bobbies," to interfere, as they said, with poor people's rights. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The buttons is all well enough, but blue reminds me so of the bobbies that I don’t think I could surwive it long—indeed I don’t!” My Doggie and I It wos risky work, though, for a bobby twigged me, and it was only my good wind and tough pair o’ shanks that saved me. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands In the middle of it the door was burst open, an’ in rushed half a dozen bobbies, who put a stop to it at once. Twice Bought “My dream was about a bobby,” returned his friend. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories If it won’t move, w’y don’t they send for a company of London bobbies and make ’em tell it to ‘move on,’ it couldn’t refuse, you know, for nothin’ can resist that. Rivers of Ice Oh, you are anxious to see the bobbies, are you? Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade Does he object to being called a bobby?” To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze But just before coming out of the crowd I got twisted round a little behind the 'bobby,' and I passed the purse into his pocket. Six Years in the Prisons of England He at once came to the sitting posture on hearing the dreaded name of “bobby,” and rubbed his eyes. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories “If the bobby hadn’t turned up, I do believe he’d have wanted to smash the windows also.” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life “I was speaking to a bobby about her: he says they think she was stolen; and fancy they’ve got a clue to the fellow.” Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton "Huh!" says I. "Listens like a case of circumstances over which—— But where did you pick up that trick of speakin' of coppers as bobbies?" Torchy, Private Sec. Shortly afterwards a bobby came to the door, and although I told them to say I was not at home, to get him kept from coming in, by jingo! Six Years in the Prisons of England Well, I sees a bobby—of course I never can go the length my little toe without seein’ a bobby! but this bobby was a stunner. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories I believe a bobby would have been safer after all.” The Lunatic at Large It is likely, however, that about this same time some pecuniary losses withheld him from such expensive bobbies as printing books. The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note Miss Darner Dawson is chief of the London woman "bobbies," and M.S. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights I, of course, allowed her to search me, and asked her to fetch a 'bobby,' if she was not satisfied. Six Years in the Prisons of England P’r’aps it was the sudden thought of all the troubles that bobbies has brought on me from the day I was born till now. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories We signalled to a gun not to fire down the road in much the same way as a bobby signals to a hansom. My War Experiences in Two Continents When the cab stopped out jumped the little man with his bag right into the arms of the 'bobby.' The Cabman's Story The Mysteries of a London 'Growler' They are highly spoken of and declared to be very efficient, rendering service in the barrooms and looking after women in a manner that the regular "bobbies" cannot approximate. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights "Look here, bobby," he said, going up to the constable who was standing on the platform to see the crowd off peacefully. Dick and Brownie I knowed that I must do somethin’ to him or die; so I seized that bobby by the nose, and hauled him flat down on his breast. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Most fortunately the Chief of Police had withdrawn all the Boer members of the force, and the crowd, to their surprise, were held back by Colonial, English, and Irish 'bobbies.' The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs Dash my wig!" he said, "who be you, you hulking bobby, to come upsetting my family arrangements and knocking my well-laid plans on the head in this fashion? The Torch and Other Tales "That's what he says, but here's the evidence," interrupted the second bobby, triumphantly producing a bulky hotel-register from beneath his arm, and pointing to an entry. More Toasts So I spotted a quiet back naybrood, triangle of grass and tall trees, Good roads, and no bobbies, or carts. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 You went out and you saw a bobby and you took his hat, let us say. Simon Called Peter "It is a bit of a phenomenon to see a London bobby asleep on his beat." The Sorcery Club It has cured many freaks of their futile hobbies, It has made us acquainted with female bobbies. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 "A German spy, sir!" gasped the first bobby. More Toasts I passed one bobby fellow on the hill, going safely away north, as I came down. Harvest The bobbies scooped them by couples and ran them in. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 One of the bobbies—the policemen I would say—it's a technical term, Mr. Juxon—gets out of the cab to see what's up, leaving Goddard in charge of the other. A Tale of a Lonely Parish He had tickled the stout ribs of every bobby in the place. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Who does not know that Rue de la Paix runs through more novels than any other paved thoroughfare, and that Piccadilly bobbies have wider chest expansion than the Swiss Guards? Every Soul Hath Its Song The bobby at the door saw me—savin' that we'd no ha' got in. Between You and Me Of course one can sit right down on the bobby bow itself with feet hanging over, and poke with a stick at the flotsam. Virginia: the Old Dominion They have signed on as policemen, and each night for four hours patrol the posts of the regular bobbies who have gone to the front. With the Allies You can hide in her moated grange till the bobbies get tired.' Mr. Standfast I ascended to No. 15, and found a couple of bobbies and an inspector busy making an examination. The Thirty-Nine Steps She’s turned a powerful big woman now, and could throw a London bobby over her shoulder. Island Nights' Entertainments And before he had time to answer, she wrote on a sheet of white paper, which lay in the middle of the table: "The bobbies are here." Les Misérables Not even that adventitous bobby of the early evening was now in evidence. The Black Bag He's the head bummer of all the bobbies.' Mr. Standfast "Hold your n'ise, you rascal!" said his father sharply, but under his breath; "the bobby will hear you, and have us all to the lock-up!" Weighed and Wanting Many of the younger men too had succumbed to the same influence and appeared in long skin-tight hose and bobby little doublets edged with fur. Under the Skylights "Der Tag!" he cried, thereby causing several passers-by to laugh at the idea of a London bobby giving the sacred German toast. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War Look here, my friend," chuckled Calendar, "when you catch me admitting anything, you write it down in your little book and tell the bobby on the corner. The Black Bag The bobby showed him something red in the distance, and explained that that was the post. A Mummer's Wife An entirely superfluous bobby weathered the corner, discovered Sofia in flight across the street, came about, and shaped a diagonal course to cut across her bows. Red Masquerade My inquiries only made the London bobbies grin. Mobilizing Woman-Power If we were caught trying to sell diamonds we'd be copped at once, and the bobbies would think the bottle story was all made up. The Happy Adventurers A sympathetic bobby informed him that no trains would be running until after five-thirty, and that, furthermore, no busses would begin to ply until half after seven. The Black Bag The old man's bobby had been Egypt, his liberal checks had assisted in many an excavation, and his knowledge of her relics was remarkable. The Perils of Pauline The car shot away and rounded into the cross street before the bobby could collect himself enough to look at its license plate. Red Masquerade I’ll show them I’m not a man to be driven by tag, long tail, and bobby.” Janice Meredith If I am wrong, and if Lessingham's wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistance on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes? The Beetle A blue-coated bobby was to be seen approaching with measured stride, diffusing upon the still evening air an impression of ineffably capable self-contentment. The Black Bag If a bobby butts in, why, we'll just slide under them seats. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man "Would you wish me to call a bobby and give 'im in charge?" Red Masquerade They always are—which brings me round to the subject of the London bobby and leads me to venture the assertion that individually and collectively, personally and officially, he is a splendid piece of work. Europe Revised Look," he said, "how the bobbies spread themselves about to get good lodgings and good food, and then, after the drinking regulations, they dropped on the secret wine-sellers. Under Fire: the story of a squad When he tried the knocker, a bobby came along and stopped him. The Black Bag The bobbies got it pretty warm—bottles and stones and logs of wood; I saw one poor chap with the side of his face cut clean open. In the Year of Jubilee You look as if you'd wound up a spree by picking a fight with a bobby. Red Masquerade Frequently he sports it in connection with an exceedingly short and bobby sackcoat, and trousers that are four or five inches too short in the legs for him. Europe Revised With thumb and palm Corny Kelleher reassures that the two bobbies will allow the sleep to continue for what else is to be done. Ulysses The American got a final glimpse of the bobby, standing in front of Number 9, Frognall Street, and watching them with an air of profound uncertainty. The Black Bag As for the man that Leghorn hat was supposed to symbolize, he won't even look my way when I appear in my bobby little sailor. A Daughter of the Land The policemen don't generally exhibit much ability for coping with the sharpers whose tricks they so well recount; but indeed our home-grown "bobbies" are not particularly quick-witted. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] When she got unraveled and that head emerged, framed in all those aluminum and tinware bobby pins, the nearest girl gave a wild-eyed half shriek. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' Never see him dressed up as a fireman or a bobby. Ulysses "Why," he expostulated feebly, "I might's well turn back and beat that bobby over the head with my cane!..." The Black Bag You take my advice, bobbies," I heard the indignant Sergeant declaim outside the door, "and don't you believe things is always what they seem. Queen Sheba's Ring Meantime the policeman had whistled, there was a conflux of bobbies, and the culprits were handcuffed and marched off to the Town Hall. Put Yourself in His Place At two P.M. a man had called on him, and had produced one of his advertisements, and had asked him if that was all square—no bobbies on the lurk. A Simpleton "I was telling the bobby to go to the devil!" The Drums of Jeopardy The assumed hauteur and impatience of her pose was artfully reflected in her voice as she rounded upon the bobby, with an indignant demand: "What is the meaning of this, officer?" The Black Bag What you bobbies need is to study human nature and cultivate observation, which will learn you the difference between a new-laid corpse and a mummy, and many other things. Queen Sheba's Ring The trouble with the red variety is that they’re apt to get “bobby” and have to be washed regularly; quite bobby they do get indeed, I assure you. The Diary of a Goose Girl While the clerk went to the door for the bobby, a gentleman reminded the auctioneer that the journals had repeatedly drawn attention to the nuisance. A Simpleton Oh, he would manage somehow; he jolly well had to; and there was a bare chance of falling in with a bobby. The Drums of Jeopardy "Officer," he again addressed the policeman, mindful of the English axiom: "When in doubt, ask a bobby." The Black Bag “No, no,” I answered; “merely to identify me in case I get into a scrape with the ’bobbies.’” The People of the Abyss Of course; and the best advertisement for Socialism is a collision with the bobbies. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large With marvellous skill they topped the dripping, bobby, rolling timbers, treading them over and over, back and forth, in unconscious preservation of equilibrium. The Riverman Eccles came home about nine and said that you had told him to wait outside, that some one had followed you in here, and that a bobby had told him to move on. The Black Bag The bobby produced a well-worn pocket-almanac, moistened a massive thumb, and rippled the pages. The Black Bag “An’ the bobbies got ’m, so you can bunk in wi’ me. The People of the Abyss |
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