The phrase 'pour sand' is not generally used in written English.
It's more common to say 'pour sand into' or 'pour sand onto' something. For example, "I poured sand onto the driveway to help level out the bumps."
They pour sand into the fuel tanks of bulldozers.
In a few moments, the bride's mother will pour sand from one vase into the other.
It has used dredging ships to pour sand on coral reefs and turn them into islands.
He contends with children who, in the light of day, pour sand down drains, shove twigs in spouts and leave water balloon shrapnel behind.
To reclaim shrunken coastlines, Singapore and other seaside megacities already pour sand into the ocean, and sand is quickly becoming a scarce resource.
There was an early confrontational edge to the Scots play which was borne out of Glasgow's habit of frustrating Schmidt's Leinster sides in the past where they always found a way to pour sand on the gearbox.
The ruling, he added, "just pours sand into that engine of discovery".
Of Judge Lamberth's injunction against the Obama policy of funding the research, he commented, "This decision has just poured sand into that engine of discovery".
China previously poured sand into the ocean to create 3,200 acres (1,300 hectares) around seven rocks and reef in the spratly islands, according to the report.
He poured sand over the top of it and, with each note, the most incredible geometric patterns were created, like hexagons, a beehive and then floral shapes.
In the early days, before the trees and grass had been planted and the concrete for the sidewalks poured, sand covered the ground.
