Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to pieces " in BNC.
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| 1 | The books were eagerly borrowed , well used and finally fell to pieces , as was the case with J. F. Campbell 's " Popular Tales of the West Highlands " , in the Port Ellen library . |
| 2 | Franco had never seen him so drunk and , although Maidstone 's intake of alcohol had often been greater on past occasions , this time he just went to pieces . |
| 3 | I 'm afraid Moira just went to pieces . |
| 4 | After all , a fox being pursued to ground by a pack of baying dogs to the point of sheer exhaustion and possibly ravaged to pieces in their final kill has little option of a prior engagement . |
| 5 | We could , for short periods of time , motivate our work force to achieve the objective which was our responsibility , but as soon as we left , things invariably fell to pieces again . |
| 6 | I almost went to pieces . |
| 7 | I almost went to pieces in that room . |
| 8 | It was obviously old , but so corroded that it almost fell to pieces in my hand . |
| 9 | Wilhelm Pieck said of the Minority Movement : The most striking example of sectarianism in the trade union movement was provided in Great Britain where … the Communists adopted such unfortunate and sectarian tactics that the Minority Movement actually fell to pieces . |