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Meanings of been a robbery in English

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Usage of been a robbery in English
1
The police at Berkhamsted think there may have been a robbery.
The Human Factor
2
There hasn't been a robbery or an assault among the geriatrics, I hope?
Black house
3
I bet they never knew there'd been a robbery till the next morning.
Alias the Lone Wolf
4
Her purse was missing, so it may have been a robbery.
Private Sector
5
There has been a robbery at an Xtra-vision shop in Castleknock 10 minutes earlier.
The Irish Times
6
There has not been a robbery, to call a robbery, this five years' time.
Lay Morals, and Other Papers
7
There has been a robbery and we were suspected.
The Rover Boys on the River; Or, The Search for the Missing Hous...
8
We didn't know what was going on until someone told us there had been a robbery.
Radio NZ
9
There has been a robbery here, and we want to get at the bottom of it.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
10
There remained only to prove whether there had been a robbery as well as a murder.
The Case of the Lamp That Went Out
11
At first, investigators ran with the idea that this may have been a robbery gone horribly wrong.
The South African
12
There has never been a robbery, the reason being that money sacks are too heavy to cart off.
The new yorker
13
Has there been a robbery?
Caught in the Net
14
She said Gurjinder Singh suggested she tell police there had been a robbery, which was what she initially told police.
Radio NZ
15
There may have been a robbery planned, but I do not think any thief got a portion of the gold.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
16
For Worden, who had been a robbery detective for almost eight years, that incident report was the end of the line.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
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