Mann borrows bits and pieces from all these (and other) arguments but sides clearly with none.
Over the years, Thai people have borrowed bits and pieces from each other's practices and backgrounds to create new cultural and social traditions.
He made himself up as he went along, borrowing bits and pieces from this movie or that.
A man doesn't borrow pieces of his body.
He has also borrowed small pieces of tiles from work crews in the building to fix some holes in his bathroom wall.
Because the museum's old space (a floor in a downtown office building) lacked those systems, she said, "We wouldn't even bother asking to borrow certain important pieces."
He had borrowed pieces for it from other patrons, too, and I have been returning them.
Many fashion magazines borrowed pieces to photograph, and retailers all over the world bought the collection.
Between their tears they borrowed the few pencils that remained, or used pieces of charcoal, and marked the name on their maps.
He also noted that musicians often borrow banal pieces of popular culture and give them new and exciting meanings.