The detective had given it to him just before Tom got on the train.

But would a detective have given him so much leeway?

Even more than before, the detective gives me the creeps.

The detective gave it in the form of a shouted order.

But, if the detectives gave the information any credence, it would point them in the right direction.

It was a possibility, if the looks the detectives had given each other when they first walked through the door were anything to go by.

The two detectives gave each other that look again.

This little private detective, Jenkins, had given him the means to control the primary.

All that detective gave me was a name and an address.

Finally, the detective gave the uncle his home phone number.