Sentence examples for barrels waiting from inspiring English sources

Women and children sit patiently next to their plastic jerrycans arranged neatly in long queues in front of communal barrels, waiting for local activists to distribute water.

Cola!" people at the back of the line were yelling to would-be cutters; "cola" means "line". Dozens of men, women and children were carrying buckets, pails, plastic basins and even barrels, waiting for water from a tanker truck on the side of the road.

High overhead, gas is flaring; underfoot, enough oil to fill 330,000 barrels is waiting to be offloaded.

Another 40 billion barrels rest underground, waiting to be recovered, government analysts say.

The industry's worst-case scenario is not a shortage but a repeat of the 1980s: demand will suddenly drop and distilleries' investments will mean huge stockpiles of unsold bottles and waiting barrels.

In fact, right now there are 10 approved tar sands mines – which could produce nearly a million barrels per day – waiting on the sidelines.

They sat close and watched the men and the fire in the barrel and waited for the taxi.

Knowing that bailiffs could arrive at any time, a small band locked themselves to the gates – some with D-locks, others with chains looped through a bar sunk into a concrete-filled barrel – and waited for them to come.

You can see the evidence in every winery: Vasija Secreta has new machines on its bottling line, as does El Esteco, where a new barrel room is waiting to be filled.

Crude oil hovered at about $62 a barrel, with investors waiting for the outcome of OPEC's meeting today in Vienna.

It's one of the more challenging games of the year as well since even the slightest misstep can thrust you into the waiting barrel of some thug's gun.