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In order to find the man, we had to excavate for him.
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Some years ago, one fine day in May, I was helping excavate for the foundation of a new barn.
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She ran to the chalk digger, whose business it was to excavate for chalk, and told him the situation.
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A few years later it fell to my lot to excavate for the Government the funeral temple of Thutmosis III.
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But although they excavated for yards about the area, they uncovered nothing else.
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The company will do stabilising work before excavating for gold under the open pit.
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Excavate for each tree a hole three feet in diameter and three feet deep.
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They excavated for two weeks-withthe result you know.
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Biskupin had been carefully excavated for almost a decade.
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The old city had been ignored until parts of it were excavated for underground tours.
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The diggers excavating for the new building had all been parked over on the far side.
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Sometimes this is gained by lowering the grates to the floor line and excavating for an ashpit.
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Suppose they had excavated for a cellar!
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It seems that some workmen, excavating for a building, came across the ruins of a nineteenth century city.
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If Goosal can tell where to begin excavating for the city he ought to tell the professor, not us.
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I've been excavating for decades.'