Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv] the piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the more stable area people were returning to pick up the pieces of their lives . |
| 2 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If we can get through to July 1 we will be okay , but at the moment people ( other clubs ) are sitting around like vultures waiting to pick up the pieces , ’ added Beller . |
| 4 | Fernando Trueba 's flamboyant Euro-thriller stars Jeff Goldblum as Dan Gillis , a latter-day American in Paris attempting to pick up the pieces of a failed marriage , approached with an offer to write a screenplay for charismatic first-time director Malcolm ( Dexter Fletcher ) . |
| 5 | The Villa boss was still trying to pick up the pieces after his side 's shock exit from the Coca-Cola Cup in Tuesday night 's fourth round replay at Ipswich . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've spent the last four years trying to pick up the pieces ! ’ |
| 7 | Now , at this very moment , he is trying to pick up the pieces of his life after you have shattered it so cruelly — ’ |
| 8 | Trying to pick up the pieces of his life , he says his experiences have made it difficult for him to trust anybody . |