But the hapless would-be thieves run into many obstacles along the way.

Neither she or Reynard made any comment when the thief turned and ran.

The little thief ran to the corners of the world.

The thief ran through the corridor with his accomplice and jumped off the train.

Low-level thieves ran a great risk in fencing their goods.

The thief ran through the opening, then the wall slid closed again.

Perhaps thieves are simply running out of conventional things to steal.

The thieves carry out their plan easily at first but run into a couple of obstacles.

"It must have been something pretty awful, the way the little thief ran out of here."

The thief grabbed the money from the cash register, and ran out of the shop.