1.   They tear our houses down, burn up our worldly possessions, and sometimes even kill us.

2.   De Ganay, she said, has expressed interest in tearing the house down and subdividing the property.

3.   Franco had the house torn apart, stone by stone.

4.   In Lawrence, huge houses are being torn down to build even huger ones.

5.   Merriam, Kan., tore down houses for a shopping center, hoping to raise revenue for neighborhood services.

6.   Negron wants to vote, but she lost everything, including her identification, when the storm tore her house apart, leaving behind just parts of the bathroom.

7.   Ravellette, the owner of Hands on Landscaping, once tore down houses in Oregon with a hammer and a crowbar.

8.   Ravellette, the owner of Hands on Landscaping, once tore down houses in Oregon with a hammer and crowbar.

9.   The city fathers, in their wisdom, had long before permitted the house to be torn down and a shopping plaza to be erected on its site.

10.   The expectation at the time was that when the leases were up, the houses would be torn down and the land returned to its natural state.