The house broke all to pieces with a lot of noise.

I had no one to watch, no houses to break into.

About 6,500 people died and 513,000 houses broke.

Elsewhere it runs higher, and not everyone is telling how high, but informed sources say that no major international house has yet broken the $15,000 level.

It was held up to view, and the house broke into a storm of cheers.

When Parliament opened last week, the upper house broke into pandemonium within 10 minutes of opening.

Her husband was paralyzed when their house collapsed on him in the earthquake and broke his back.

The morning following their arrival, after a storm, the children discover that the house has broken free of the shore.

Only the soft glow from several illuminated windows in one enormous house broke the darkness.

Noise from the street outside awoke the house as dawn broke.