Example sentences of "water and [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fetched water and splashed it over the twitching boy . |
| 2 | ‘ It will be your job to go to the kitchen and get the jug and fill it with water and put it on the table here with a clean empty glass just before the lesson starts . ’ |
| 3 | When the table was ready she filled a deep pan with water and put it on the cooker , her movements slow and simpering in contrast to those of her mother , who quickly poured olive oil into a big black frying-pan , threw in the artichokes , covered them and rinsed her hands and arms before drawing a chair up to one of the cauldrons and sliding into the curd up to her elbows . |
| 4 | more water in when you 're ready to put more water in , can I get the water and put it in the jug and pour it in ? |
| 5 | She watched him roll back his sleeves , then fill a bowl with water and set it beside the knives . |
| 6 | All you do is fill the bag with lukewarm water and lay it on the floor . |
| 7 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 8 | Damp a piece of towel or old fashioned sacking in warm water and rub it into the horse 's coat in a circular motion , rinsing it in another bucket before repeating the process . |
| 9 | Under the surface draining or thorough water-draining of the land had to be undertaken on a more planned and workmanlike scale than had been done formerly ; for now the below-surface drains had to take off most of the water and conduct it to the ditches , and had not merely to assist the wasteful system of frequent water-furrows on the surface , as the old bush-drains had done when they were almost the sole method of under-draining . |
| 10 | Going to the sink she filled the kettle with water and placed it on the gas . |
| 11 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
| 12 | Earlier , supervised by George , she had added a tablespoon of Camp coffee to half a pint of water and poured it into the cut glass whisky decanter on the sideboard . |