And there were three groundcars, all in various stages of breakdown or dismantlement.
"Rebels of the Red Planet"
Charles Louis Fontenay
There were three here now, all in advanced stages of dismantlement.
"Rebels of the Red Planet"
Charles Louis Fontenay
Some of them were already doomed to immediate dismantlement; the tenants had cleared out, there were hoardings raised to protect passers-by from falling masonry, and bills and posters on the threatened walls announced that during the rebuilding, business would be carried on as usual at some other specified address.
"The Orange-Yellow Diamond"
J. S. Fletcher