Preposition: of

• motive: The clear implication here is a reminder to be suspicious of the motives of those who advocate a 'one best method ' .

• stranger: You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

• caller: Police are linking the two incidents and reminded elderly and vulnerable people to be suspicious of all unexpected callers.

• intention: This in turn kept the Germans suspicious of the intentions of the French.

Modifying Another Word

• deeply: Some commentators are deeply suspicious of the way the Deep Impact data is being handled.

• understandably: People are understandably suspicious about the way some organizations treat them, but good Data Protection practice reassures them that they can trust you.

• tad: I'm always a tad suspicious when I receive a demo that actually sounds quite good ' Is this for real?

• mutually: New security issues arise when the user may not be trusted, or the user and the host computer's owner are mutually suspicious.

Modifies a noun

• circumstance: At least five black people have lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in the custody of the police in the last year.

• lesion: Secondary prevention of melanoma relies on early detection and biopsy of suspicious lesions.

• transaction: In the event of any suspicious transactions arising, the Bank is obliged to notify the National Criminal Investigation Service.

• outbreak: The United States is also seeking the elaboration of a mechanism for international investigations of suspicious outbreaks of disease or alleged BW incidents.

• incident: There had been a number of suspicious incidents over recent months.

• caller: Let the police and your neighbors know if you have had a suspicious caller at the door.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Maybe she should have worn gloves in case he became suspicious - had the envelope dusted for prints.

• deem: For example the police have the right to take anyone who they deem suspicious to the police station for interrogation.

• seem: You should be vigilant and not execute any e-mail attachments that seem suspicious.

• remain: The police remained sufficiently suspicious to follow him up for a number of years adding progress reports to the file.

• appear: Advice to post room staff: There are a number of signs that may make a letter etc. appear suspicious.

• look: Two MEN sitting at a table next to the stage look very suspicious.