And hopped around to his peep-hole - a happy accident from the flaking of the mirror.

Restoring the Paws "The problem is the flaking of the surface of the limestone," said Dr. Shawki Nakhla, director for reconstruction and conservation in the Egyptian Antiquities Organization.

But the flaking of stone they laughed at, till I shot an elk through and through, the flaked stone standing out and beyond, the feathered shaft sunk in its vitals, the whole tribe applauding.

He heard the scrabble of rats again, and marked other signs of decay like the mildew on the green velvet curtains, the tarnish in the silvering of a looking-glass, and the flaking of the gilt on the glass's frame.

The hearing this week at City Hall included a slide presentation by an asbestos-abatement consultant, Laurence B. Malloy of the Malloy Corporation, showing how the flaking of asbestos from insulation or fireproofing can spread the cancer-causing fibers into the air, even into food.

Keep one on watch and let the others flake off.

No one would get anything done if people flaked out all the time.

And if it flaked off above them, then they were dead for sure.

Another summer of this heat and it will start to flake.

If it was starting to flake out on them now, they were in big trouble.

The fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

The treatments usually flake off within a few weeks to six to eight months.

Though the surface flaked away, the main structure seemed sound.

Within three months the paint had almost completely flaked off.

However, instead of flaking off the scalp, they stay put.

He could tell from the areas of flaking paint that it was a different door.

A tiny piece flaked off and fell to the floor.

He began flaking the moment we walked in the doorway.

Chances were good that the gold would flake off later.

It appeared to me that some of his skin flaked away.

My nails have recently started to flake at the ends.

Then he said, "Your paint is beginning to flake again."

It had been flaked out in the control room, waiting to be installed.

Even if the wall was broken some time back, the plaster might still be flaking.

The pressure caused more of the white powder to flake off.

On each occasion the paint has flaked after a short time.

They'll probably end up with concrete chips flaking down into the water.

Using a fork, flake the fish into very fine pieces.

Or we can just flake out and follow Top's lead."

But the white had flaked away and the blue was little more than a stain on the rock.

When she was done, all the dead white flakes were gone.

A few great white flakes were beginning to come down.

It had once been green, but only a few flakes were left as evidence.

Small white flakes started to fall late in the afternoon.

It all seemed to make sense, now that she saw the flakes in action.

Always add flakes to the water - never the other way around.

As they both watched, several new flakes began to fall.

The police are here, but it seems we've got some flakes.

I saw the flakes begin to form with the rain.

Flakes of white fell off her as she tried to stand.

Weeks later he came up with his own technique for making flakes.

If you like, add a little more red pepper flakes.

Some dark flakes turned up, but no real impression had been made.

I'm going to tell the inner System about the flakes.

The Flake girl was finally killed off after 40 years, in 2004.

It had started to snow, very large flakes coming down really hard.

As I walked back through the town, the first flakes of snow began to fall.

They can use flakes off our feet on the paths.

Outside the window, large, heavy flakes of snow began to fall.

But the West has not turned its back on artificial flakes, either.

He'd been walking for some time when the first flakes of snow began to fall.

A few tiny square flakes of paper came with it.

A box of corn flakes can be seen next to him.

The big flakes began to fall, out there on the ocean.

And even as she watched, the first flakes of snow began.