take to pieces
Example Sentences
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Analysis was to take to pieces everything he found, and find out how it was made.
From Madam How and Lady Why by Kingsley, Charles
She also purchased a box of models of common furniture, which were made to take to pieces, and to be put together again, and on which the names of all the parts were printed.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Edgeworth, Maria
I can tell you beforehand, the Princess will nail you three riddles together that it would take Old Moore himself seven years to take to pieces, Heaven knows.
From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Bithell, Jethro
We would sit down with bated breath and tense-drawn nerves to take to pieces for the first time the delicate machinery of a watch for cleaning and readjustment.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.
Not infrequently I take to pieces a fine clock or watch and fail to find anything the matter with it, and yet it will not go as it should.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
