22 examples of plain-clothes in sentences

It used to be said when I was one of the plain-clothes men that the man in charge got all the credit and the men under him did all the work.

"So-ho!" continued the plain-clothes man.

"Anyhow, ain't it a crime to go to sleep in another man's bed?" "If it ain't it ought to be!" declared his plain-clothes man sententiously.

" "That's so," interjected the plain-clothes man.

o thisthat the actual murderer has an appointment with some of his associates this afternoon at that tea-house in Hyde Park, and that if the City police would send some plain-clothes men up there he'll be pointed out.

He decided it would be best to go quietly with the "plain-clothes man.

Take two plain-clothes officers with you.

" On hearing this conclusion, his assistant, who looked like a plain-clothes officer, took up his shovel and stepped into the mud that formed the bottom of the pond, stooping as he went and peering among the masses of weed that had been left stranded by the withdrawal of the water.

" The plain-clothes man proceeded at once to act on my suggestion, taking the sieve with him to save time.

Immediately after them came the sergeant, Inspector Badger, one or two plain-clothes men, and finally the divisional surgeon.

These two men were plain-clothes policemen.

You have induced those very excellent upholders of English law and liberty to set a plain-clothes man to following me about.

Cartwright and Reed, the plain-clothes men detailed to shadow William Barker, reported nothing suspicious in that gentleman's movements.

"I got your letter and couldn't make such of it, but I have brought down a couple of plain-clothes men and a uniform man, as you suggested.

I have just had a talk with the eminent plain-clothes man who is looking for the burglar that broke into the garden this afternoon and tried to steal you.

"A police sergeant, a constable and a plain-clothes officer entered and the charwoman lurked in the dark background.

"'I needn't ask if you saw the man,' said the plain-clothes officer, with a faint grin.

"Presently the plain-clothes officer made a discovery.

I had seen quite a number of plain-clothes police officers in the last few months and the present specimen would have been typical even without his boots.

"At the outskirts of the crowd Constable Moloney resigned in my favor, and it was at this moment that I noticed a manifest plain-clothes officer observing my exhibits with undue attention.

Men shouted, women screamed, and the plain-clothes officer started in pursuit; and in the whirling confusion that followed, I trundled away briskly into Middlesex Street and headed for Spitalfields.

"Plain-clothes men," he murmured, "and at watch upon the house.

22 examples of  plain-clothes  in sentences