People have not had a lot of money to tear down the old homes and build new ones.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

He says let's tear the whole damn thing down.

他说让我们把这玩意儿拆了吧

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Back on 108. This is the nurse who has just escaped from Dr. Hilarius: "'He thinks someone's after him.' Tear streaks had meandered down over the nurse's cheekbones."

这是一个刚从Dr。，Hilarius那逃走的护士：,“他觉得有人在身后跟着他’,眼泪从护士的面颊上留下来“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This was highly unusual, since most places in the South have tried to paint over or tear down remnants of their segregationist past.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04