Sentence examples for repairing something from inspiring English sources

I felt like I was always repairing something.

I go out to tighten a section of fence, set the hammer down, go to get some wire, begin repairing something else I notice, and then it snows.

Simple enough, but delayed for decades because of the complicated, centuries-old rules and minute traditions — called the status quo — that define the way Jerusalem's holy sites are governed, in which the very act of repairing something can imply ownership.

"In the past, some people would have thought that repairing something is a compromise because you couldn't afford to buy it new again," Jane says.

It seemed like every time the window was repaired, something would get thrown through it again".

"When things are going good they will just buy something new and save themselves the time it takes to repair something".

He filled out a form, with the slightly bewildered resignation of someone agreeing to repair something he hadn't noticed was broken.

We are dependent on the letting agent to effect any repairs and to follow through with our recommendations and sometimes there is a timelag between our request to repair something and the job being done.

If you find yourself struggling to repair something and really need a handyman, a simple way to find a suitable one nearby is Yelp's app, free on iOS and Android.

"When someone offers to repair something that's broken — in a charitable spirit — any cemetery would be thrilled," said David Jacobson, the chairman, president and administrator of Machpelah Cemetery, which is nestled in the great verdant necropolis straddling the Brooklyn-Queens border.

Miller provides a checklist: how many times in the last month, it asks, among other things, have you "felt the sunrise warm your face", "rocked a newborn baby to sleep" or "repaired something that was broken"?