Example sentences of "[to-vb] water [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Topping up is by a hose , placed so as to pass water through the filter before reaching the pond . |
2 | Substitutes have been developed in the past but failed to absorb water to the extent that ivory does . |
3 | Whatever the reason , three of the strongest members of the U.S. side were to find water off the tee at the last . |
4 | The simplest way to test the system is to pour water into the gutter from a watering can or run water from a hosepipe connected to the kitchen tap or a garden tap . |
5 | Originally a corn mill , it was moved to its present site to pump water for the House in the Clouds , the curious disguised water tower opposite . |
6 | for the to pump water to the hill . |
7 | The following week tests were carried out and I went with Dad to watch the Brigade endeavouring to pump water to the roof of Blooms the Drapers on The Canal — possibly the City 's tallest building . |
8 | It was built in 1832 to pump water from the workings . |
9 | Rather than operate a borehole pump whenever water is needed , the usual arrangement is to pump water from the borehole at regular intervals to a tank or distribution reservoir on high ground or on top of a water tower . |
10 | J.G.V. writes about the knitters , especially one , ‘ Busby ’ , who used to fetch water from the water spouts ( the only supply ) , knitting as he waited for his pail to fill , he was ‘ one of the incessant knitters of Sedbergh ’ . |
11 | The man half carried , half pulled her into a nearby pub , where he propped her in a Windsor chair and went to fetch water from the bar . |
12 | A very busy girl comes to fetch water from the well . |
13 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
14 | Among these we may notice easements , such as rights of way , rights of light , rights to take water or to discharge water over the land of another . |
15 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |
16 | In August the navigation had to be closed at Ash Lock , in order to conserve water in the Hampshire pound . |
17 | The French environment minister , Ségolène Royal , has announced a series of measures to conserve water in the light of increasing demand and four consecutive years of relative drought . |
18 | Chlorine was first used to treat water after the Maidstone epidemic of 1897–8 when hop-pickers contaminated spring water . |
19 | Some southern cities propose building desalination plants to treat water from the Pacific . |
20 | Open the taps to drain water in the pipes . |
21 | In the bailey of Carisbrooke Castle is a well house containing a donkey wheel , built in 15 87 to draw water from the well which was sunk probably in 1270 , to a depth of about 160 feet . |
22 | His mother-in-law had always used well-water , so when she died he felt it appropriate to draw water from the well to make the tea at her funeral . |
23 | As we said earlier on , he had been they had been travelling through and Jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a , th a nearby town across the frontier , er to get some food and some provisions , er to last them for the remainder of their journey and Jesus is just sitting there by this well , he 's tired , he 's thirsty , weary and hungry , just waiting there and then this lady comes to draw water from the well . |
24 | Work on the two drainage ditches to keep water off the deck has now been completed and we have now done some work to provide steps down to trackbed level . |
25 | In the longer term , further supplies are expected from a dam project to divert water into the Moreno reservoir from the Evinos river . |
26 | The scheme , for which Greece has applied for Ecu80 million in funding from the EC , aims to divert water from the Acheloos river to irrigate agricultural land on the Plain of Thessaly . |
27 | The air line is inserted through the cap of the tube ( virtually every model of undergravel has a different cap system , designed to spread water through the tank , and/or splash it on the surface for aeration ) . |
28 | A large container for housing the spider ( see opposite , Making the cage ) ; two small containers , one with a lid , such as small jam jars or pickle jars — one is to catch the spiders in , the other is to hold water for the twigs ; a shallow container such as the plastic lid of a food pack , to hold the water supply ; some fresh leafy twigs ; some well-branched leafless twigs ; soil ; a metre or two of iron wire , about 1 mm diameter ; pieces of black cardboard ; Copydex or similar adhesive . |
29 | This is held over the blocked plug hole and worked up and down several times to force water down the waste pipe . |
30 | Some internal filters incorporate integral spray bar systems to trickle water along the length of the tank . |