roof-tiles

"Up," he said, and Jian and Wengadi scrambled to grab a plank that had served as a table, and braced it against the brickwork and climbed up to knock roof-tiles aside, letting a blinding light in from overhead.

2005 Cherryh, C. J. 2005

In other rows, square stacks of bricks and roof-tiles waited, layered with protective straw.

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

When Barragán finally met Bac and discussed architecture with him, Bac showed him with the force of a revelation a new and deeper understanding of the basic elements of building beams, roof-tiles, arches, and how natural elements such as rocks and stones, the water, and the horizon played a role in design.

Architecture of Mexico: the houses of Luis Barragan 1997

When Barragán finally met Bac and discussed architecture with him, Bac showed him with the force of a revelation a new and deeper understanding of the basic elements of building beams, roof-tiles, arches, and how natural elements such as rocks and stones, the water, and the horizon played a role in design.

Architecture of Mexico: the houses of Luis Barragan 1997

The roiling black clouds of the storm that lashed Ianthe, that sprawling golden-domed and alabaster-spired city to the south, seemed to center about the mountain, but no muffled murmur of the thunder that rattled roof-tiles in the capital, no flash of light from lightnings streaking the dark like dragons 'tongues, penetrated to the depths of Tor Al'Kiir's heart.

Conan The Triumphant Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

(This point was emphasised by the police surgeon, who asserted that the body showed no sign of having been struck by falling roof-tiles.)

Here Lies Gloria Mundy Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1982

Leaves and branches strewed the lawn; there were great pools of water and one or two roof-tiles lay on the broad path.

Here Lies Gloria Mundy Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1982

At the same time, we are going to transfer an old factory from Havana to the Isle of Pines, where we are planing to construct some 2,000 homes per year; these will not, however, be made of brick slabs, but of cement and French roof-tiles.

MEETING ON 30 SEPTEMBER AND 1 OCTOBER 1965 1965

At the base of the wall grew a mass of plants, cyclamen, crocus, asphodel, thrusting their leaves among the piles of broken and chipped roof-tiles that lay there.

My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

They'd take the bar offen 'er back, hitch it to pole, an' away she'd go, scratchin 'and scramblin' up to moor, like cat on roof-tiles.

Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming