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Dialogues: crime

 
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Telephone
O: Dartford Police Station. Can I help you?
W: I hope so. My house has been burgled.
O: Where do you live?
W: 2B Southbrook Road.
O: When did you discover the burglary?
W: When I got home from work. About 5 minutes ago.
O: Was anything stolen?
W: Yes. My all my jewellery's gone, and my computer too. And they sprayed graffiti all over my walls.
O: How did they get in?
W: They forced the back door.
O: An officer will be round in about half an hour. Please don't touch anything.

Practice
i) Your car has been stolen. Report it to the police.
ii) You were waiting in the bank when there was a robbery,
tell the police what you saw.