Rearrange the parts to make a meaningful sentence.

P. on the night of the theft

Q. the police officer

R. asked the man where

S. he had been

Explanation

1. 01

   Q is the subject, and R gives the verb "asked", whom, and "where", which begins the question he asked.

2. 02

   Inside a reported question the words keep statement order: S "he had been", and P says when.

3. 03

   So the order is QRSP: "The police officer asked the man where he had been on the night of the theft."