Example sentences of "with [art] broken " in BNC.

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1 In his desk drawer was his watch with the broken strap .
2 Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him .
3 They eat their prey at their roosts , littering the cave floor with the broken up remains of their meals .
4 A bath chair had been wheeled down to the shelter with the broken windows , and the man in charge of-it had propped it outside and was walking away .
5 Now they have eaten and drunk , taking turns from their one glass with the broken pedestal , smoked their short pipe , and are finally done telling their experiences of the past day .
6 Then he closed the eyes of the boy with the broken neck , and placed a coat over him to keep him from the eyes of the students he would never get to know .
7 When my husband came in , bringing the new neighbours with him , I was sitting on the floor , one foot wedged in the lavatory basin , and with the broken seat round my neck !
8 However , Hannon maintains that any stiffness would have had no connection with the broken leg which led to Mr Brooks ' death .
9 ‘ Got your arses whipped in Nicaragua , and now you 've lost it all in bloody buggering Arizona , ’ Jitters shouted , keeping up with the broken American .
10 With the Broken Tooths under his thumb Gorbad soon conquered the surrounding Goblin and Night Goblin tribes .
11 You know the one with the broken leg ? ’
12 Then he fell again and crawled forward , trailing the wire through the grass with the broken peg snickering behind it .
13 ‘ Faster go the drums , faster spin the dancers , rush torches show off the paint and the sweat on them — they begin to smash small bottles of some holy liquid and first stab themselves with the broken glass — with no apparent injury , they do not even bleed — and then they eat the glass itself .
14 ‘ And that man there , with the broken leg .
15 They were carrying the man with the broken leg .
16 William and Daniel carried the man with the broken leg into the kitchen , and Grace and her mother helped Mrs Dawson .
17 Stumbling to his feet , he fumbled with the broken pieces , trying to staunch the gas flow .
18 Duvall took Jimmy by the throat again , and drew back his other hand with the broken bottle .
19 The two women had not been able to help much by way of descriptions apart from recounting details of the horrific masks the burglars wore and that one appeared to be rather thin ( the one with the broken leg ) .
20 But here , in this dark , with the broken figures of his mother , her enchantments undone , and his sister , her winged limbs hobbled , and the unfamiliar worm-like red man curled at the entrance of their dwelling , Dulé was emptied of all feeling except a scarring , stabbing pity .
21 The boy with the broken arm had fainted once ; now he was sitting against a wall , crying .
22 This plan shows part of a typical domestic bay-window with the broken lines showing the position of each length of cove before the mitres are cut .
23 The curves should be compared with the broken lines .
24 It was Reaney with the broken leg .
25 ‘ Then you 'll be in at the start , with the broken nights and the four-hour feeds and the nappies which need to be constantly changed . ’
26 But trainer Hannon said any stiffness would have had no connection with the broken leg which led to Mr Brooks ' death .
27 Some said she 'd left with a broken heart .
28 ‘ Liberalism alone is the great Lady Surgeon of a nation 's maladies , and while she is temporarily abed with a broken limb , the nation is the sufferer ’ ( Ramsey in the Gownsman , 6 December 1924 ) .
29 It was the perfect opportunist move although , in the end , it would be made largely irrelevant by Alesi 's retirement with a broken gearbox .
30 There 's a house with a broken window — a big black hole in the window , and I laugh at it .
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