1.   The systematic way cars were broken into make police believe the thefts were carried out by thieves combing the streets looking for likely targets.

2.   Garbage pickers comb the streets for cartons and other wrapping that smugglers discard to save space.

3.   The troopers combed the streets of Camden, frisking young men, raiding drug dens and attempting to restore order.

4.   Police were combing the streets for the escapees, he said.

5.   Police were combing the streets of Korydallos, a working class suburb adjacent to Athens, for more escapees.

6.   Migration officials and army soldiers are combing the streets of major cities looking for Haitians without documents.

7.   Rodriguez combed the streets with peace treaty volunteers, arranging meetings with gang leaders and taking action when a shooting occurred to stem the tide of retaliatory attacks.

8.   Security forces combed the streets of Diyarbakir, dousing bonfires.

9.   Troops combed the streets of the city Monday for explosives, taking them to a nearby quarry to be detonated.

10.   It is the first trial following the rampage that lasted several hours as dozens of youths combed the streets of Magdeburg for foreigners.