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sandbag - use in sentences
Converse of object
- fill: People are filling sandbags to protect the windows in case of an air raid.
- deliver: There is a Priority Order for delivering sandbags at times of flood.
- buy: Sand bags You can buy sandbags from most builders merchants and DIY stores.
- provide: Threat to Property from Flooding The Council can provide sandbags in the event of a flooding emergency.
- use: Thousands of demonstrators will use sandbags to build a dike around the conference, to be held in the Hague.
- supply: We can not supply sandbags to businesses who should have their own business continuity plans in place.
Converse of subject
- protect: A battery of machine guns in the bows was protected by sandbags.
Adjective modifier
- empty: A stock of empty sandbags are stored at the Stanley Lane Depot.
- traditional: The waterbag has been tested in army circles and found to be as effective as traditional sandbags.
- few: A large sheet and a few sandbags convert the slope into a bedroom.
- own: You can also make your own sandbags by filling compost or rubbish bags with earth.
- small: A small sandbag behind the lumbar spine aids vision within the pelvis.
Modifies a noun
- wall: In the first method I just used putty to build the sandbag wall straight onto its cardboard base.
- barricade: The enemy advanced of the sap, blowing up a sandbag barricade leaving just one foot of its standing.
Preposition: in
- bowl: Placing a sandbag in the toilet bowl will also prevent backflow.
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