"I managed to dig" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing a difficult or challenging task that someone was able to successfully complete. Example: Despite the rocky terrain, I managed to dig a deep hole for the foundation of the new treehouse.
"I managed to dig out of what could easily have been my grave.
I want to thank all my coworkers for alerting me after I published but before I managed to dig in too deeply.
I snapped a photo of an old Wawa receipt I managed to dig out my wallet, and app told me up the upload was processing for roughly half an hour before all pertinent info was extracted and turned into an entry in my OneReceipt account.
In celebration, I managed to dig up some little known details about his life.
Sure, I managed to dig up a couple of rocks, but that's the risk you run riding powder early in the year.
Later, he refuses to "confirm or deny" the few scraps of information about his life that I manage to dig up -- that he grew up in Manassas, Va., graduated from Flint Hill in 1970, went off to Shepherd College in West Virginia and returned to Flint Hill in 1972 to coach the J.V. basketball team.
Below are a few manmade monoliths, spires and towers that I've managed to dig up and contort.
The gents over at This Is My Next managed to dig up the above flyer from somewhere deep in Best Buy Mobile.
On the other hand, I have always favoured covering feature stories to hot news (because it has become almost impossible to compete with established agencies and I also prefer to spend time on my own rather than covering a story with dozens of colleagues) and in Burma I have so far always managed to dig out such stories.
"I don't think it would be too bad a thing if they managed to dig up something but I'm not sure that they will be able to.
"But we managed to dig in and see that through and I always thought we were going to get chances against them with the threats that we pose.
