Repairing

Examples

• But, like ourselves, the rebels had become experts in repairing such damage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I now ordered him to discontinue his work of repairing roads and to move on with his whole force to Stevenson, Alabama, without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn, in repairing to his cellar and in opening and shutting those resounding doors, has to cross a little prison-like yard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Nothing more being said of repairing to Riah's, they went direct to Lizzie's lodging. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it in repairing the cottage, and cultivating the garden. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• We lost no time in repairing to this place, which was within a few hundred yards; and as the door stood ajar, I pushed it open. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was delay therefore in repairing the road back, and in gathering and forwarding supplies to the front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And, therefore, great activity has been had in the last third of a century in invention of machines for finishing and repairing roads. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Car-builders were set to work repairing the locomotives and cars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The system of repairing the high-roads by tolls of this kind, it must be observed, is not of very long standing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Mind you show your duty to her by quickly getting well, and repairing the waste of these cheeks. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And equally,' said Mr Wegg, repairing the want of direct application in the last line, 'behold myself on a similar footing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• These men are engaged in making new machinery (designed in the company shops), tools, jigs, fixtures and other machine shop accessories, and repairing those in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As it was growing late, Peggotty and Mr. Dick took that opportunity of repairing to the chandler's shop together. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The last hope of repairing the wrong that had been done his house was gone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have stated that a detachment of troops was engaged in guarding workmen who were repairing the railroad east of Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There were no troops stationed between these two points, except a small force guarding a working party which was engaged in repairing the railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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