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She had moved out of the family home and had been living in hotels for about a month before Glen was killed after her marriage broke down.

Banri Kaieda, the trade minister, did nothing for his chances when he broke down in tears under opposition attack.

"It was terrible, " the student said, "The computer broke down and all of us had to do our own thinking! "

All the worry and anxiety had been too much for her, so she suddenly broke down in tears.

He recently broke down in tears under intense questioning in parliament and said he was willing to quit as soon as the proper time came.

When Bretton Woods broke down and the last link to gold was severed, there was in theory nothing to stop governments from creating money.

As goalkeeper broke down its tears at the final whistle, millions of men, women and children wept unashamedly with him.

He said 'No. I broke down and I wept and I morned and I fasted. Then I began to pray night and day. '

Qinghe had come to say sorry to Hongfei for her mother, but then she could not control her trembling teeth and lips. She nearly broke down.

One night, a young man's car broke down on the dark and remote road: The tyre was exploded .

No matter how the reckoning goes, TIME's investigation reveals at least four places where the system broke down.

The talks broke down, and the government refused to step in and salvage Lehman as it had for Bear.

But once, when talking to Dave, he broke down, and said he didn't, in the name of Almighty God, know what he would do.

Owen flew back to England with his wife Louise Bonsall - who broke down in tears after seeing him crawl off the pitch in agony.

If one of the computers broke down, the whole networks would be unable to work, causing continual problems.

"his mom leslie jacobs remembers, " he kept bugging me to call the company until i finally broke down.

He thought his new motor-sleds could pull most of the supplies, but the motor-sleds quickly broke down in the cold temperature.

During one speech, recalling the death of a marine, he nearly broke down in tears, surprising even longtime friends.

Heathcliff was sensible enough to take her advice. He broke down the locked door and escaped, just as the master and his men returned.

One guest named Marcy got so upset she broke down in tears and had to leave early.

He tried to cope with the everincreasing burden of his work, but finally he broke down and had to take a complete rest.

Drive to a foreign country for the weekend and Nancy Dunn, the way the car broke down in a small town in Louisiana.

One afternoon my dad's old blue Plymouth wagon broke down, and he called me FOR a ride to take him to the doctor FOR his annual checkup.

Woolfolk broke down in tears after authorities replayed her conversation with the AirTran operator, Gates reportedly wrote in an affidavit.

In all of these years of watching her suffering so much, this was the first time I broke down.

She broke down in tears and said, There is always accompanied by pain, "I lost everything, my youth and career. "

Negotiations should be picked up from the point they were left when they broke down in December 2008, he said.

When the bus broke down, she and her husband were able to fix it with a coat hanger and a piece of wood.

When Josh's van broke down in Tennessee, he was helped by a man and a woman dressed in white who were playing pinball in a diner.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.

Her mother totally broke down at the passing away of her grandmother.

The negotiations are the first direct talks since the last effort broke down in December 2008.

The actress broke down in tears as she said her thanks and was comforted by fellow cast members and by the author JK Rowling.

However, the great socialist country suddenly broke down in the early 20th century, which had a great effect on others socialist countries.

Their car broke down in the wilderness. There was nothing to do but wait for help to arrive.

Every fairy tale has its minor setback, and Moore's carriage broke down on the way to the ball when her pickup truck got a flat tire.

On Thursday, Gaga gave a press conference in Tokyo to promote the concert and she broke down as she spoke about her love for the country.

Some people broke down the door and broke into his house. They broke up the TV and something else.

Entrepreneurship used to be seen as somehow Thatcherite, but the New Labour years broke down the idea that business is a bad thing.

Talks broke down a week ago between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

The car broke down on his way to work.

He got it on the cheap. It is not surprising that it broke down only a week later.

But Nelson Mandela broke down in tears yesterday as he told the world that his son had died of Aids.

It has a hard shell, we have won these fruit, the sun of a sun, as next year's seeds, sometimes it broke down.

Listening to her parents' comfort, but with nothing coming out from her, she broke down.

just as they were about to resort to law and force, she broke down, and they buried her father quickly.

His wife , after attempting to laugh at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely .

These hackers broke down the code and entered the main computer of the bank.

Kathy then fully broke down, letting the tears flow while Paris comforted her with a shoulder rub and a hug.

The ship's generator broke down. and the pumps had to be operated (manually) instead of mechanically.

The negotiation broke down in an atmosphere of recrimination.

We broke down the wall of his storehouse and all the peasants went inside, shouting slogans.

She suddenly broke down in the middle of her speech.

After years of overwork his health broke down and he had to retired.

(break down) We could have got to the small town by nightfall, but our car broke down halfway.

At this point the Admiral broke down: Veteran Washington correspondents crowded round him, tears streaming down their faces.

Farther on down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill.

There a tearful Griffith hugged her rescuers: first Ricks, who also broke down in tears, and then the fraternity brothers.

Mildred recalled how six weeks later, police broke down the door of their small house in Central Point and arrested them.

Meanwhile, the company is also on the nose with China's netizens after its network broke down less than two weeks out from Chinese New Year.

He made a fatal mistake in the program, and his computer broke down.

He was on his way to the airport when his car broke down.

But it was her habit at this period to carry exhaustion to the furthest point and confess to it only when dissimulation broke down.

The engine of this plane was broke down and only a few passenger survived.

When police broke down the door of the Nair family's suburban apartment here earlier this month, they found four bodies and 73 credit cards.

This time, after the failure of Lehman Brothers last September, the system broke down and was put on artificial life support.

I could have come earlier but my car broke down on the road.

He pulled me aside and broke down in tears and said that he was dying.

Hopes were raised by ceasefires that were maintained from the early 1990s until 2010 when these broke down over the course of a few months.

Rachel Chandler broke down in tears during her first contact after being taken hostage by Somali pirates.

my courage broke down , and one cold , stormy night i took wing , flying well inland on account of the strong easterly gales.

This radio is poor in quality; it broke down within less than a year of use.

Here poor Brown broke down --- very sorry he had spoken at all; but Steely came to the rescue with a ray of light.

We set out for the seaside, but in event never got there as out car broke down on the way.

The actress' marriage to Pitt broke down in 2005 and the Ocean's Thirteen star has since gone on to start a family with Angelina Jolie.

Party discipline broke down in his absence and leaks started.

My car broke down on the side of the road. To make matters worse, I didn't have my cell phone.

I hope that you are not angry at my being late. My bike broke down on the way.

Finally stop the tears, he approached me in tears and could not talk, Zhuanzhuan in glasses, broke down in tears.

When an officer told Dippolito that her husband was dead, she broke down in tears, a video of the operation shows.

We relied in the Middle East on the Baghdad Pact, and yet when the Iraqi government was changed, the Baghdad Pact broke down.

Last week, Life Coaches Blog's server on Site5 broke down and we became inaccessible for a few days.

She broke down at the loss of her family, and the impact of this miserable incident remained for the rest of her life.

Bob was in a pickle when his car broke down in a pouring rainstorm.

My car broke down and I lost one of my tickets.

washing machine broke down again, so she called the repairman to see if he could put it right.

For those brought up in cities, however, these correlations broke down.

He broke down in the middle of his speech.

She had such a big family to support that she finally broke down.

The car broke down on the way to the air port. And i had to get a taxi.

When Sena told the woman he was hesitant to take her money, she broke down and spoke about her own children and grandchildren.

It would be bad for me if my car broke down on the halfway.

The firefighters broke down the door with emergency axes and saved the wounded.

My computer broke down again , but maybe it was a blessing in disguise ; I've been wasting too much time online chatting anyway .

Expression of a distinct, strong emotions Indicates that people strongly broke down due to discontent increased.

He could have caught the early bus, but his bike broke down on the way.

John broke down and wept when his mother died.

He broke down racial barriers, transformed the art of the music video and paved the way for modern pop music in his own country.

When the global economy broke down in 2008, China was the savior.

Li Juan kindergarten director recalled Yung Qu million rescue team found the teacher being the case, broke down in tears.

I could have come on time, but my car broke down on the way.

I felt like a criminal or a terrorist or something . . . the emotion got too much for me and I broke down, " Mr Russell told the BBC. "

We had to push the car up the hill, because our car broke down on the half of the journey.

He broke down and wept when his mother died.

The computer suddenly broke down when the engineer was trying to find information on the Internet.

A stable two-party system broke down when one of the parties, the Social Christians, imploded after corruption scandals.

Talks between GM and the union broke down on Saturday. Chrysler's negotiations with the UAW are also deadlocked.

She broke down and began to weep when she heard that her dog was hit by a car.

The bus broke down on my way here! It was a nightmare!

Tom broke down the door of our classroom last week.

Over the course of several months, negotiations broke down, and the players were "locked out" by the league.

Ellen explains how Cathy gradually broke down Hareton's resistance by offering to teach him to read.

I generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion.

Talks broke down in July when the 32-year-old refused to accept a pay cut and accused the Bianconeri of 'showing a lack of respect. '

Talks have been held sporadically since then, but broke down in December 2008 and have not resumed.

Nobody can afford a full tank here. So Joseph had to flag down a car. They got a bit further - then that broke down, too.

Well, my computer crashed (broke down) recently. And I lost all the saved snail mail (postal mail) addresses I had saved.

All in all it was a pretty bad day for Mr. Jackson . His car broke down , he lost his favorite hat and his dog ran away .

A Briton who revived his son after he stopped breathing repaired the ambulance when it broke down taking him to hospital Monday.

Many passengers take out a small hammer on board, broke down the car windows, the passengers fled the car have Fanchuang.

Back to the technical track, Reis broke down the list of usual quality consideration suspects when it comes to polysilicon.

I'm crazy about music. But my stereo broke down last night. I have to pay an arm and a leg to have it repaired.

In Yang's case, negotiations with officials over the land broke down early this year, China Daily reported.

May car broke down on the highway, and I had to walk.

In a televised ceremony, Gaddafi, riding on a bulldozer, broke down one of Abu Slim's walls.

The air conditioner broke down because one of the key components failed.

But on Saturday, President Obama praised Ferraro as a trailblazer who broke down barriers for women and for Americans of all backgrounds.

A group of residents rushed to the burning building and broke down one of its locked doors.

Then Bertha broke down; she could never sleep without saying good night to him, without the kiss of his lips.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians ate most of their beef cows as the system of reproduction broke down.

EDS was appointed in 2000 to design and implement BSkyB's customer service system. The agreement broke down in early 2002.

She suddenly broke down in the middle of the song.

I called the police for help after my car broke down on the freeway. Twenty minutes later, they came to my rescue.

Finally, paperboard unbearable pressure of these stocks, so he post-penetrating " " blasting the way broke down.

My car broke down and had to be towed to a garage.

They made their way to the second-floor store room, broke down the door and dressed themselves in officers' uniforms.

The kid-he was eighteen, by the way, and not long out of trade school-broke down and spilled his guts.

And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

In January a man died of hypothermia there after his car broke down and he could not summon help.

You know, she gave me a lift last month when my car broke down.

As she was singing, she suddenly broke down.

But Mr Abhisit rejected their demand for an immediate dissolution of Thailand's parliament and talks broke down with no agreement.

At the same time, I also hope myself that don't broke down in tears when I remember you several years ago, just like tonight.

The car broke down on the way to the airport, and I had to get a taxi.

On his third obstacle in a two-mile jumping event, however, the communication between horse and rider broke down somehow.

Oh, I was driving across country, and my car broke down in the desert.

Once we broke down in Puebla, a beautiful city in Mexico.

She suddenly broke down as she was singing.

Half way 'cross alabam, And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown birmingham.

By contrast, he can't bring himself to let go the woman who cleans his house twice a month, when he knows her car recently broke down.

The attempt to tame the wild creatures, for instance, broke down almost immediately.

My car broke down in the middle of the highway.

Our air-condition broke down on the hottest night of the year!

The agreement broke down when Argentina wanted to expand the co-operation zone across the disputed seas and Britain refused.

It broke down because America refused to pay the domestic price for bearing the system's weight.

The bridge broke down in last earthquake.

But the loss is not serious. Only the small temple at the foot of the mountain broke down by the hurricane. No one was hurt.

The reason why I was late was that my car broke down on the way.

But those talks broke down, and the committee has emerged as the next chance to take those steps.

The bus broke down and had to be towed to the depot for repair.

s car broke down at night on the highway, no one would stop t lend her a hand.

In April, negotiations between the nine Nile countries broke down after Egypt and Sudan refused to give ground.

My car broke down on the way and I arrived one hour late.

David's car broke down, so he asked me to give him a lift home.

But negotiations soon broke down because the US refused to sign up to targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

The conversation broke down at this point.

When the control parts broke down, the basis of analyzing and eliminating breakdown was provided for equipment maintenance personnel .

Long-distance trains also broke down or were delayed all over the country.

We were dismayed when our car broke down on the freeway.

The old house broke down in the heavy rain.

His reason for being late was that his car broke down.

As the grim stories accumulated, Miss Chang lost weight and broke down. She went on, defying exhaustion.

news-An airplane broke down in Africa.

My car broke down on my way to the company.

These concerns were reinforced when military talks between the two Koreas broke down earlier this month.

But talks between North and South Korea aimed at easing tensions between the two countries broke down recently.

U. S. and Chinese regulators have been working toward an agreement to allow such inspections, but those talks broke down last month.

They rushed over to help the old man whose car had broke down.

Philippine government and the formal peace talks between the Philippines were broke down in 2004, has since been in a break state.

The prisoner finally broke down and revealed all the facts of the crime.

Two of the times she visited, she broke down crying athow much junk she was drowning in.

The bridge broke down in heavy rains.

The bridge broke down in the heavy rains.

These authors broke down performance measures into human resource, organizational, financial, and market measures.

Sorry that I'm late. My car broke down on the road.

One day a few weeks ago I was driving to that school when my car broke down just after I exited the freeway.

The car broke down in the middle of the trip.

They broke down the door with a big heavy chair.

circumstances why I was late; the intercity train broke down and we had to wait more than an hour for a replacement.

So that day they called Gideon "Jerub-Baal, " saying, "Let Baal contend with him, " because he broke down Baal's altar.

When they were driving on the highway in the middle of the night, the car broke down which left them up a tree.

Almost every team chose to follow a gully that led to a dead end, and this is where most rovers either broke down or lost communications.

A hint fiction titled Progress: After seventeen days she finally broke down and called him "Daddy. "

Her car broke down on the road, and she must get someone fix it.

Unfortunately this email replication had the same problem as Milgram's original study - many chains simply broke down.

He called me just now, saying his computer broke down and is being repaired.

Further talks are scheduled in Brussels in January but the European Commission said it would restart legal proceedings if they broke down.

We are talking about the American tourists whose jeep broke down on the way to the Great Wall.

Talks between the Two countries completely broke down, because neither of them wanted to give in.

The boys broke down the door and rushed in.

They broke down the door with a big heavy log.

The car Broke down in the intersection.

A: My car broke down. I'd appreciate it if you could give me a ride home.

The girl then broke down weeping , with her aunt Janet embracing her on stage.

An initial move broke down earlier in the summer after Doni failed to agree personal terms with Liverpool.

Itching to break free, I broke down those bars and stepped out into the desert of life.

At first he refused to admit his guilt but when he was shown the evidence he broke down and confessed.

Face-to-face talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in December 2008.

The enzymes broke down the nutrients consumed by the algae. As a result, the growth of the algae was then suppressed.

However, early talks broke down as the financial crisis deepened and commodity prices collapsed.

a car broke down and had to be towed to a garage.

The sun was setting when my car broke down near a remote and poor village.

China, the host of the talks, has been pressing for months to restart the talks that broke down two years ago.

John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down.

He has completely broke down in health.

They also broke down the data of the number of sexual partners by age.

My boss was very resistant to my proposal at first but she finally broke down and accepted my idea.

Then, the scene of a double whammy - their car broke down again.

His health broke down as he ate too little and worked too hard for month.

It broke down, it took oxygen out of the air.

Drove around aimlessly, praying for psychic ability, until I broke down, headed to Starbucks and begged to borrow stranger's computer.

He passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down.

2: The salesman assured me that the used car I was buying was in perfect condition. But, on the way home, the car broke down.

Its first attempt to launch consumer PCs broke down.

Japanese and North Korean officials also met in Vietnam this week to discuss normalizing ties, but those talks broke down Thursday.

My car broke down on my way home, so I cound't get home on time.

'I can't even bring myself to buy an iPod for myself, ' he said. 'Apple did give me one but it broke down after eight months. '

The machine broke down and was being repaired in the school factory.

I was late for work yesterday, because my car broke down on the way to the office.

Today, my electric wheelchair broke down as I was rushing across campus to take a midterm exam.

It broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line. '

Germany responded quickly as Cacau broke down the right, only to send his volley into Richard Kingson's arms.

Colin broke down and wept when he saw the deer that he had shot.

So, the dominoes effect that must not let hip procrastinates broke down your figure curve.

In the election of 1860, the political system broke down, and the Civil War, the worst disaster in American history, resulted.

Sorry to say, but no can do. The equipment broke down and can't be fixed till Friday.

My motorcycle broke down on our way to Kenting , so we continued on our journey by train .

When he went back to start the car, it broke down and he can't even move. After a fuss, he decided to find a trailer by walking.

and for a parachute in case the machine broke down.

He broke down five times, and he was always in the lead. So now he must understand this is the time to win the title.

But the search took longer than expected after talks with the preferred candidate broke down over compensation.

They were cramped and broke down much more easily than ground-bound vehicles.

First we were waiting for the order, then the communications broke down.

He broke down and wept when he heard the news.

talks broke down amid accusations of a hostile takeover bid.

That model broke down because markets were fairly efficient; the margins on lending to corporations became too low.

Implement a new system to avoid omissions, determine where our scheduling technique broke down, etc.

The firemen broke down the wall in order to gain quick access to the building on fire.

The two companies'dialog broke down, since neither of them is willing to make concession.

Three men were traveling across the desert when their car broke down.