| It is patched up but it would be a generous gesture on your part to see her and atone for our collective sins. |
| One unlucky 7-year-old a few streets away gets burnt by a spent bullet, is patched up by a US first aid post and sent home. |
| Quite a few of the houses are dilapidated, paint flaked off rotting wood, patched up with corrugated iron boards. |
| The troops' base camp was a burned-out hotel, which had been patched up with plywood and corrugated iron. |
| The school accused the Council of dragging its heels over a replacement for a flat roof which was constantly being patched up because of leaks. |
| Or will they simply be patched up with a few Elastoplasts, given a packet of Disprin, and sent home to die? |
