There was no ransacking, simply a fast search job for something big enough to be seen easily.

I think she's behind the theft - and set up the ransacking of her house to protect herself.

Perhaps they were angry, which would explain the vicious ransacking.

The attack resulted in the ransacking and devastation of the town by fire.

But after several hours' ransacking of the house, our search had been unavailing.

But at last the ransacking of the Witch's fortress was ended.

The thieves in the city complained that ransacking places like this one wasn't worth the effort.

The ransacking of his apartment in Charlottesville, for intimidation only, he thought.

I'd almost hoped he'd throw me a look to confirm my suspicion that he was behind the ransacking.

The ransacking and destruction caused $1 million in damages.

The grotesque ransacking of the commons seems to be occurring in many places simultaneously.

He upends it to illustrate the Gestapo's ransacking of his house.

But if he was looking for the book, he should have recognized it, without all this ransacking, because he's the librarian!

There were ransacking noises, furniture being thrown about and glass breaking, but the screaming had stopped.

Until then the Tories will continue the ransacking of this Country's social legacy.

This wholesale ransacking destroys not just the antiquities themselves, but context as well.

During the ransacking of Delhi, almost all inhabitants not killed were captured and enslaved.

"When I'm finished," he promised, and began a purposeful ransacking of my cupboards.

And he turned to the task of ransacking Rachel's dresser and closet.

Leaving all in disarray, they went on to the cabins, where the search took on the nature of a ransacking.

The situation might still have become critical, for the ransacking of granaries led to greater starvation among the Pannone.

The ransacking of the chest went on, and Adrian was not, after all, denied all benefit from its discovery.

But it will do nothing, in itself, to bring a halt to what has amounted to ceaseless cultural ransacking over the centuries.

Much of the first day was spent arguing about pictures of the McDonald's after the ransacking.

For this reason, we approached the American team investigating the ransacking of the Iraq Museum.

He looked past her into the house, which had been ransacked.

The door was open when I got here, and the place has been ransacked.

She watched from across the street while her home was ransacked.

Then one night, I came home and found my apartment ransacked.

If they had turned down another street, ransacked someone else's hotel, it would've been so different.

Worse, the college administration building, including the president's office, was ransacked.

No one would have ransacked the boat looking for it.

After 1917 the building was ransacked and used for many purposes.

However, when she returns, Bill is gone and the place has been ransacked.

The apartment appeared to have been ransacked, the police said.

"Well, he was there when I found the office ransacked."

It was ransacked by employees who said they had not been paid in months.

This led us to ransack his office in search of them.

Did you hear they even ransacked the grounds of this house?

They worried over that a while, and ransacked all around for it.

He was Questioned, the house ransacked, but nothing found and family left alone.

However, they find the museum being ransacked by two soldiers from the future.

They, too, had been ransacked, but at least there were no bodies in them.

However, nothing much else seemed disturbed - the place had not been ransacked.

Slipping in at the door he found that everything had been ransacked.

Order was gone, now, for this place had also been thoroughly ransacked.

The kitchen, by the time she reached it, had been ransacked.

If I did, they would ransack my conscience all day.

By the time our deputies got there, the place had been ransacked.

The next day, Sally goes into her office to find it ransacked.