| 1. | Oliver had not been within the walls of the workhouse a quarter of an hour, and had scarcely completed the demolition of a second slice of bread, when Mr. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | It may be of use to demolish, but I distrust a demolition complicated with wrath.. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 3. | Either he dodged, however, or my aim was inaccurate for all I accomplished was the demolition of the crystal which protected the dial of the clock upon the mantelpiece. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 4. | It is true that this termination of the shore was hidden from sight by a heap of rubbish six or seven feet in height, produced by some demolition or other. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | Waterloo, by cutting short the demolition of European thrones by the sword, had no other effect than to cause the revolutionary work to be continued in another direction. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 6. | This could only be the head of a column and of what column The attacking column, evidently the sappers charged with the demolition of the barricade must always precede the soldiers who are to scale it. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 7. | Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 8. | In consequence of demolitions and reconstructions, the Paris of his youth, that Paris which he bore away religiously in his memory, is now a Paris of days gone by. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |