He looked down at himself, as if thinking to find some piece missing.

It still lives with me, especially when I turn a corner and find that another piece of my past is missing.

And that's the second time in the past four weeks that those pieces have been missing from it.

Another large piece of the fan was missing, too, he said.

Too many pieces were missing, and there was one person who might be able but willing?

Only one piece, minor but important, was missing before he could put it into action.

When the official returned a few days later, he found several pieces missing.

I felt hollow inside, as if a piece of me were missing.

But for more than a decade there was a piece missing from its program: School.

I reached back and pieces of my leg were missing.