Repairs

Examples

• By the way, there does not seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Rouncewell is not in the library, but she repairs to the library. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The railroads and canal should be destroyed beyond possibility of repairs for weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But if the atmosphere is dangerous for men in the pit at the time, it is equally dangerous for others to go down and effect repairs or render first aid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I must look into that: it would cheapen the repairs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A story was told of a professor of a theological seminary who was one day on his way to a jeweler’s store, carrying in his arms the family clock, which was in need of repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The expense of maintaining the fixed capital in a great country, may very properly be compared to that of repairs in a private estate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The required repairs were, however, soon made. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I had reached the area of eternal ice when my port propeller jammed, and I dropped to the ground to make repairs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It is built in two halves for flexibility and either half may be replaced during repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Garth has drawn me in uncommonly with repairs, draining, that sort of thing: I'm uncommonly out of pocket with one thing or another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He repairs to his lodgings to dress and breakfast, and then, without seeking rest, goes away to Mr. Jarndyce to communicate his discovery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They wanted me to put up a little money and start them in a shop in New York to make repairs, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He seemed very anxious to know when workmen might be put upon the road again so as to make repairs and put it in shape for running. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To Cook's Court, therefore, he repairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The Count stopped again and entered a small optician's shop, with an inscription in the window announcing that repairs were neatly executed inside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Throughout the war there had been a cessation not only of building, but of repairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr Pancks wouldn't hear of excuses, wouldn't hear of complaints, wouldn't hear of repairs, wouldn't hear of anything but unconditional money down. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Improvements of rent, by new buildings, repairs, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The late repairs and decorations add both to the comeliness and the comfort of the Coliseum. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have no doubt that, in spite of the repairs, you could manage there for one night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The persistency with which he followed up this success exhausted him, and made a season for rest and repairs necessary. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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