All gone, in ruins by the third year of the war.

When the war is over, the South will be in ruins.

They should go home before the whole day was about them in ruins.

What about the oil industry which is already in ruins?

The 14th century building has been in ruins since an 1898 fire.

However, the city has been in ruins for many years.

The school was in ruins by the early 19th century.

She'd come into my life and left it in ruins.

It has been in ruins since the late 18th century.

Today a large part of the town remains in ruins.

However the western part, including a church there, are still in ruins.

It was however in ruins by the end of the 16th century.

Maybe after seeing the city in ruins the idea would come real for him.

I came back to find him dead and his great plan in ruins, due to one man.

By early 1943, however, the African campaign was in ruins.

Every single plan I had made for my life lay in ruins.

By the next morning, both the machine and the family's home is in ruins.

The city appears to have already been in ruins by his time.

It killed no one, but the house lay in ruins.

Inside was a second wall of stone, but it stood in ruins.

Following the civil war, much of the town lay in ruins.

It was a city in ruins, and still as dead stone can be.

One could live in ruins, only so the fires were gone.

They would never have wanted the castle left in ruins.

The past is always with us; even if it's in ruins.