1.   One night a thief broke into the church to steal jewels from the Madonna on the High Altar.

2.   Thieves broke into the building in the mistaken belief that there was expensive computer equipment inside.

3.   Thieves broke into the school and took a quantity of cash.

4.   Thieves broke into the museum, and carried off paintings worth millions of pounds.

5.   Thieves have broken into an electrical shop and stolen several sophisticated radio scanners.

6.   The thieves broke into Birdland in Bourton on the Water at night.

7.   Police believe thieves broke into the post office in Parsonage Street at Dursley in Gloucestershire after it closed on Saturday afternoon.

8.   THIEVES broke into the social club of Cookstown United FC at Drapersfield by forcing the front door.

9.   VALUABLE racing pigeon chicks will have to be destroyed after thieves broke into a breeding loft and stole the parent birds.