Sentence examples for had a broken down from inspiring English sources

He left school early; he was illiterate; he was innumerate; he had been incarcerated on multiple occasions; he was unemployed and I dare say unemployable; and he had a broken down relationship.

The McDonnells argued against claims they used the office of the governor for personal gain, claiming they had a "broken down" marriage and were "barely on speaking terms".

The typical scam is claiming to have a broken down car.

Her first marriage, to the painter and art teacher Michael Buhler, with whom she had a son, Tom, had broken down in the late 60s.

It found that 74 per cent had a family structure which had broken down, with only 36 per cent of their biological parents still married or cohabiting.

"We now have a side that has broken down into many different sides, some of which are very open to our proposals.

At first they believed the half-eaten body might be that of a missing farmer who had a broken-down tractor, but then the farmer later turned up.

It has also acknowledged that its vaunted risk-management system had broken down, a problem the Swiss Banking Commission was quick to note on Thursday.