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    derrick


    1. Derrick Callier and a few other senior directors came over to the house at my request to discuss Dena’s future within the firm


    2. I stormed out of the room in tears and went back to my cottage, leaving poor Derrick to convince Dena that I was indeed correct


    3. While an investigation is still pending at this hour, it is believed that the two remaining culprits, Richard Rhodes, age 37 and Derrick Grimsley (Nugget), age 20 also of Newark, fled the crash and police tracked them here to The Ivory Towers where Grimsley was shot and killed by police during a gunfight


    4. I would like to add some thoughts that I found on the Acts websuite of Derrick Inns:-


    5. And a model of a derrick and an engine house


    6. Derrick O'Brien from death row has written Judge McBryde and included a packet of material regarding your case


    7. years-old choked and battered to death 4 year-old Derrick Robie


    8. Murray stripped down to his boxers and swam out to the boat, after checking the tinny for fuel he hoisted Tony on board the fishing boat with the small derrick, starting the engine he winched up the anchor and headed out to sea towing the tinny, watching the depth gauge he found a deep trench on the ocean bed and cut the engine, collecting all the papers he could find he put them in a plastic bag, he then dragged Tony and Ricky into the wheelhouse and secured the two bodies with wire rope from the winch, closing and locking the door, Murray then picked up Ricky’s rifle and using the butt broke the glass in one of the small portholes, looking around he saw he was all alone on the ocean and the light was fading as the sun slowly dipped beneath the horizon, lifting the engine cover he fired the rifle into the bottom skin of the boat, for a moment nothing happened then he noticed water beginning to slop around the engine, he climbed into the small tinny, started the outboard and circled the fishing boat watching it slowly sink as it filled with water, when it sank beneath the surface Murray headed back to Dream Bay


    9. Never mind that it had been Fife's brilliant idea to cast a mediocre soap star as Lady Genevieve, a noblewoman in love with a priest (played by Derrick Stone, a minor name whose entire range consisted of stoically wooden) in the midst of a plague-stricken 14th Century Europe


    10. As soon as he arrived on set, Melissa told Darren that Mara was refusing to do the love scene with Derrick unless provided with a bottle of Cristal to relax her

    11. Derrick, playing the handsome young priest stood patiently at the pulpit, muttering lines that would all come out sounding heroically wooden


    12. But Darren wasn't paying attention to Derrick


    13. The clueless Derrick stayed where he was


    14. Before anyone could react, she threw her arms around Derrick with passionate intensity and took a distinctly unlover-like bite out of his well-muscled shoulder


    15. Come to think of it, it was the expressive Derrick had ever been as well


    16. Convincing Derrick to play the scenes had been the hardest part, but an appeal to the actor's vanity, the promise of more money, and the two big grips standing by to prevent a repeat of Mara's first attack had worked wonders


    17. Except for that one moment when Mara's attention turned from Derrick to one of the extras who'd gotten a little too close… Darren winced at the memory


    18. "We'll have to remember to keep the other actors far enough away to keep Mara's focus on Derrick


    19. Derrick isn't looking too good


    20. Derrick shivered with a real fever no amount of acting (at least on his part) could emulate

    21. She had vehemently protested the decision to shoot a scene with the sick man but Derrick himself had insisted


    22. Darren immediately had someone from Wardrobe stitch the dead actor's lips partially shut, consoling himself with the thought that he'd given Derrick the chance to die with his acting boots on, so to speak


    23. Arrange it will you Pete?” He looked over towards Jenkins who nodded an acknowledgement “And you two”, Derrick Tatton eyed the two female detectives” I’ve got the ideal job for you


    24. Derrick Tatton was of the old school of policemen who actually believed it was their job to solve crimes and apprehend criminals, unfortunately, time had moved on and Derrick had not moved with it


    25. Derrick Tatton did not really give a tinkers cuss for graphs and charts or the Home Office targets but he was only a couple of years away from his pension and wasn’t going to blow it now


    26. “Hi, sit down Derrick” he said pointing to a small upholstered chair on the far side of the room, which was dwarfed by his leather recliner “Just had the Chief on the line – Do you know where we stand again this month Derrick?”


    27. “Yes Sir we have…”and Derrick was about to explain his thinking so far when the inspector interjected “Have you any evidence?”(Now there’s a concept new to policemen)


    28. With the prospect of a lead in the case at last, Derrick was filled with anticipation (which actually makes quite a change from what most British policemen are filled with) as he walked into Chesford General Hospital


    29. Jenkins and Derrick Tatton went over to the elevators


    30. When the call came through for Derrick, it was not unexpected

    31. “What you don’t realise Derrick” Inspector Cook said staring hard at the officer” Is that the Met are involved, they have had a man in there for months and you’ve just blown it all out of the water”


    32. Derrick Tatton thanked him for his help assured him that they could manage here and would he go with a Policewoman to the Disability Living Trust to get some background on Mr Sand’s carers


    33. Despite pressure from his superiors and the need for a ‘good score’ and a quick conviction, Derrick tried to be fair, even if most times he was not


    34. Derrick wanted to be thorough in his search for a suicide note and asked Jenkins to check the computer in Michael’s office


    35. Derrick detested machines; he was an old fashioned copper


    36. “Thank you for coming Mrs Simpson” Derrick emphasised the 'Mrs Simpson' to see if there would be any reaction


    37. Tatton’s tone it made her feel like a suspect in a murder inquiry, which of course is what she was! The new information Lucy had given in her altered testimony, however, greatly interested Derrick Tatton


    38. “She seemed pretty convincing to me Derrick,” he said


    39. The engagement ring and the altered testimony were, as far as Derrick Tatton was concerned, the clinching evidence against her


    40. “Then may I respectfully suggest we leave that line of enquiry until the facts have been verified?” Derrick Tatton agreed, he could see no point in pursuing Lucy Simpson any longer until he had something more concrete

    41. Derrick continued ignoring his minion's protestations


    42. This unexpected turn of events led Detective Superintendent Derrick Tatton back to the bungalow


    43. Derrick sighed shaking his head, trying to make some sort of sense of it all


    44. ” He handed the list of names over to Derrick, then passed Marks list of initials and numbers


    45. Derrick listened intently as Jack continued, “We now think he was mixed up in drug running


    46. ” “Like our Mr Forman you mean?” Derrick smiled; he always knew something was very wrong with Jack Forman's place


    47. “And the old man been chasing you for results yes, been there before Derrick it goes with the territory


    48. “Just a hunch, no proof but that’s not stopped us in the past eh?” Derrick knew only too well the value of a policeman's hunch


    49. “What about that fire at the factory, very convenient for you, anything to do with you was it?” Derrick smiled at his colleague


    50. Now we know it was not Michael Sands she was working for she is out the picture,” Derrick replied














































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    Synonyms for "derrick"

    derrick crane hoist

    "derrick" definitions

    a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered


    a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom