Sentence examples for was dug at from inspiring English sources

The canal was dug at least 12 feet deep.

The soil for construction was dug at the site, the interior mesquite was harvested locally, and the steel doors were fabricated across the border in Mexico.

Each of these "memory holes" was dug at a place where a remarkable act had occurred; every time Indians passed by these spots, they recounted the deeds.

Burial took a more elaborate form a funerary chamber was dug at one end of a pit, and, after inhumation, the chamber was sealed by a mud brick wall.

In the first century ad, an outlet was dug at its southern end, with a tunnel under the hill of Torre Gaveta; another outlet was dug in 1858 59.

He also provided a thorough tour, with voluminous commentary, of the sprawling but unoccupied new dream house that he and his wife, Laura, have built beside an artificial lake, which was dug, at Mr. Bush's request, so that he could troll for bass just yards from the patio.

While he was digging at Amarna in 1912, the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt discovered this bust and stole it.

How did you begin working with Joe Zenovic? A. He was digging at a crossroads near Barrytown, where there used to be a post office.

"My dad is a cop and he was digging at the World Trade Center and he found a birthday card for somebody," one girl announced.

Thirty fresh graves have been dug at the Serafimov cemetery in St Petersburg for some of the dead.

By this morning, 18 graves were dug at the top of a shady green field near the village.