1. Opportunity makes the thief.

2. Once a thief, always a thief. 

3. No opportunity for the lazy, but diligence can make the most common variable opportunity opportunity.

4. Detecting the Thief

5. It takes a thief to catch a thief. 

6. Set a thief to catch a thief. 

7. The thief has amended.

8. 28 It takes a thief to catch a thief. 

9. Knock out the thief.

10. The police trailed the thief.

11. The thief disgorged his plunder.

12. The policeman caught the thief.

13. The thief Archly planned the robbery

14. The posse are pursuing the thief.

15. The thief vanished into the crowd.

16. He tackled the thief fearlessly.

17. The alarm frightened the thief away.

18. Good little thief.

19. The thief mingled in the crowd.

20. The shopkeeper struggled with the thief.

21. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 

22. The thief used a false identity.

23. The thief dived down an alley.

24. The thief was caught red-handed.

25. The dogs scared the thief away.

26. Uncle, she's a thief.

27. The thief peeped through a keyhole to make sure there was nobody inside.

28. These are put together to make what's called a Joule Thief.

29. The thief bore away my watch.

30. The thief received a just punishment.

31. They caught the thief red-handed.

32. The thief absconded with all the jewellery.

33. The thief was nobbled in the act.

34. The thief slunk down the dark alley.

35. He's our motorcycle thief.

36. Middle English variant of errant, originally in phrases such as Arrant thief (‘outlawed, roving thief’).

37. The thief was sent to prison.

38. The thief robbed me of my watch.

39. She chased the thief for 100 yards.

40. The thief stealthily stole into the house.

41. Radiohead have criticised Hail to the Thief.

42. The thief relieved him of his wallet.

43. The thief was pinioned to a tree.

44. The thief was spotted by vigilant neighbours.

45. Because waste is a thief.

46. Ah, a glamorous jewel thief.

47. The policeman seized the thief by the arm.

48. The policeman arrested the thief on the spot.

49. The thief dropped the wallet and ran.

50. The thief ducked into the nearest building.

51. The police failed to nab the thief.

52. The thief is wanted by the police.

53. The thief was Cornered in an alley.

54. The thief ran slap into a policeman.

55. Procrastination is the thief of time. 

56. The thief pinched her pocketbook and ran.

57. The thief disguised himself as a policeman.

58. The thief was shut up in prison.

59. 1 The thief was nobbled in the act.

60. The thief admitted his guilt to the police.

61. The thief got away down the fire escape.

62. The thief bolted when he saw the policeman.

63. The policeman took the thief by the wrist.

64. The dog will smell out a thief.

65. The thief delivered her of her money.

66. 18 A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber. 

67. The police had to make a forcible entry into the house where the thief was hiding.

68. The thief was caught by the hotel dick.

69. The thief snatched her handbag and ran.

70. He abetted the thief in robbing the bank.

71. She pondered the mystery of the disappearing thief.

72. The thief whipped round the corner and escaped.

73. I'm a thief, so what?

74. Procrastination is the thief of time. Sentencedict.com 

75. 30 The police had to make a forcible entry into the house where the thief was hiding.

76. Thief Can I have your autograph?

77. 1 The policeman arrested the thief on the spot.

78. The thief withered under the stare of the policeman.

79. The command to make disciples gives us what opportunity?

80. This particular thief is very unusual.