Sentence examples for to drainpipe from inspiring English sources

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A pipe connecting the drain to the gutter

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Outside the tents and on the catwalk, studded gladiator sandals, multistrap flats, knife-heeled boots and towering platforms were the kinky punctuation to everything from bubble skirts and trapeze dresses to drainpipe pants and leggings.

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But before long, what Luella calls her "classics" began to appear: drainpipe jeans, biker jackets (this time cropped and pink) and blazers "inspired by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

The floors of the cells are littered with dirty blankets and the toilet block still reeks of sewage, hooks and spikes protrude from the roof and walls and, around one corner, a man stands handcuffed to a drainpipe, unable to sit down.

The floors of the cells are littered with dirty blankets, the toilet block still reeks of sewage, hooks and spikes protrude from the roof and walls and, around one corner, a man stands handcuffed to a drainpipe, unable to sit down.

You might tie the stake to a wall pipe, a bookcase frame, or similar objects inside the house, or to the drainpipe, wall or other objects if outside.

So after hours, Inky slipped out, leaped onto the floor, crawled to a drainpipe and disappeared into the ocean, Radio New Zealand reported.

Lay 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) of gravel below the basement floor, and make sure the soil beneath the layer of gravel slopes to the drainpipe you installed on the inside of the footing.

To get to it, Hicks had to climb out his window, shin down the drainpipe to the garage roof, jump from the roof to the ground, and hightail it to the Catholic church behind his house, where Kevin Booth, a friend who had a car, picked him up and then drove both performers to the club.

If the clog is too far down to reach, the drainpipe will need to be cleaned.

I nearly passed out with the smoke.' Mr Power told how he staggered from the building before climbing the drainpipe to try to break open a front window.

"The building continues to deteriorate; drainpipes have fallen from buildings: three areas of the school have been closed due to movement of asbestos ceiling tiles in the wind; and there have been heating failures in four different areas of the school".

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