too many crooks in a sentence
- Bosky was formerly in Brighton based ska band'Too Many Crooks'and Marc still continues to play with'The Long Tall Texans '.
- In a more general way, there is a deep sense of moral disorder, with too many crooks profiting and too many honorable scholars scraping by.
- The song was originally recorded by the band Unicorn released in 1976 on their album " Too Many Crooks " ( US title " Unicorn 2 " ).
- After much persuasion on Davis'part, she received Lloyd's consent for her return to the screen in " Too Many Crooks " which Lloyd produced through his production company.
- The series originally starred Dirk Bogarde, probably the British industry's most popular star of the 1950s, though later films had The Naked Truth " ( 1957 ) and " Too Many Crooks " ( 1958 ).
- It's difficult to find too many crooks in a sentence.
- And for sheer humor, not much evident in this collection, there is Donald E . Westlake's " Too Many Crooks, " a risible account of the tribulations of a likable burglar caught amid hostages, police and competitors.
- While the company was noted for such serious films as " In Which We Serve ", " The Naked Truth " ( 1957 ), and " Too Many Crooks " ( 1959 ), often in the dual role of director and producer.
- Three late novels, " Too Many Crooks Spoil the Caper " ( 1979 ), " The Dead Butler Caper " ( 1980 ) and " The Baskerville Caper " ( 1981 ) found Norman back in strong form in a series featuring Ed Nelson, an under-employed Soho private detective with a penchant for Hankey Bannister Scotch whisky.
- Dortmunder has occasionally used the alias " John Diddums " and tells anyone who asks that it's Welsh ( to which they usually reply " Ah " or " Oh " ); he came up with the name on the spur of the moment in the short story " Too Many Crooks " ( 1989 ) and dislikes it, but now uses it involuntarily in circumstances that preclude using his real name.
- More generally, the concept of a hostage becoming too much for their captors to bear has become a familiar cultural trope, used in movies such as " Too Many Crooks ", " Ruthless People ", " The Ref " and " " Dennis the Menace " film, or the " My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic " episode " A Dog and Pony Show ."