Sentence examples for be dug by from inspiring English sources

In Otay Mesa, the soil is soft enough to be dug by hand, yet firm enough so that the tunnel walls can often stand without wood or concrete reinforcement.

How large would the probe be? 5. Pretend that you are a reporter, on assignment in Murmansk, Russia, where the deepest hole ever to be dug by mankind is being attempted (in reality, a successful 12 km-deep hole was dug over a period of 40 years).

By the use of mostly traditional tools including a bucket and rope pulley system, such a well would be dug by an average of 3 people for between 45 and 60 days.

Due to the frozen soil, the grave could only be dug by a jackhammer.

The victims were dug by hand or with beach toys.

The pits for the new foundation work were dug by hand — with picks, shovels and buckets.

The sand pits were dug by workers using shovels, not heavy equipment.

Water is already flowing through a channel that was dug by angry residents during the protest on Monday.

Later, the sand was dug by machinery, and moved by rail cars and conveyor belts to the processing area.

It's dug in the wrong place" he says, a smile wrapped around his face, "it's not ours, it was dug by the Looti Sarkar".

An hour east of Cojimar, a Chinese oil well sits by the road, and to the west a vast new port facility is being dug by Brazil.