| Their food consists of tubers and rhizomes, which they dig out with their bills. |
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| Whilst tempting, growing potatoes in a raised bed is tricky because they are difficult to dig out. |
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| She wants me to help her prune the rose bushes, dig out the carpet grass that is choking them. |
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| More importantly though, it reminded me to get back to basics as far as parenting skills go, and dig out some of the books out of the boxes. |
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| I enjoyed it so much that it inspired me to dig out my daybook from a seminar five years ago. |
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| So put that on, and dig out some of those out-of-date clip-on Adidas pants which you insist are something of a fashionable item. |
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| I'm sure I could even dig out a few gobbets of Scripture to support my pious stance. |
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| So dig out your sunglasses, surf boards, flip flops and sun hats for a party with a difference. |
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| She made a face and silently went to her room to dig out more summery clothes. |
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| Now is the time to dig out classic recipes for forgotten puddings such as treacle tart, Eve's pudding, lemon Meringue pie and Bakewell tart. |
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| You have the qualification to be a top investigator or researcher as you doggedly dig out the facts of whatever matter you are pursuing. |
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| From the talus slopes nearby, she'll dig out army cutworm moths, which are about 60 percent fat. |
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| When the forest floor is blanketed in snow, the birds use their powerful bills to dig out ant nests from tree trunks and tree bases. |
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| It's time to dig out the sun cream and aftersun now, the forecasters are promising a heat wave this weekend. |
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| With a shrug, I dig out some pocket change, make my one purchase and drive back to Calgary. |
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| If you want to spend a few moments with the big cheese himself, load your camera, dig out a pen, and get in line here. |
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| I could dig out old journals and search but that's an activity fraught with danger. |
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| The girls on the next to the back pew would inevitably dig out some gum or candy and share with the guys on the back pew. |
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| It has been mentioned that public bodies find it heavy going to dig out old records. |
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| Journalists normally fret about negative campaigning and condemn attacks that dig out personal baggage in a candidate's background. |
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| So, dig out your latest bank statement, check it carefully and cancel the direct debits and standing orders that you don't need any more. |
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| In 1811 she saw bones projecting from the cliff-face and enterprisingly hired some men to dig out the block in which they were embedded. |
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| On a bookshelf somewhere I have the text of the play, with all the lyrics, which I should dig out for her. |
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| When you detect a hole in a corn stalk and perhaps some sawdust outside, cut a slit below the hole and dig out the worm. |
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| They are giving up efforts to dig out bodies and declaring entire communities mass graveyards after killer mudslides in Guatemala last Wednesday. |
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| At any rate, it took quite some time to dig out the weeds and sift out the roots and begin grading. |
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| People in Bolton are being urged to dig out their old photos and cine film. |
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| Simultaneously, I tried to dig out my PCL from where it was buried in my helmet bag with CamelBaks, crackers, piddle packs, evasion charts, and NVG cases. |
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| Some are trail-worn twenty-somethings from the Forest Service, who turn up to dig out a rockslide, cut back a deadfall, or rescue a stranded hiker. |
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| Go and dig out a few old photos if you are a doubting Thomas. |
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| I would suggest that members dig out that report and take a look at it, because it is a very good report. |
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| Gardeners know that such acts of spontaneity must be acted upon before you lose your nerve and dig out the feeble wrong-time-of-year excuse. |
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| It is also possible to dig out the compost after a suitable time and use this to fertilise the vegetable garden or plant trees. |
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| The width, evenness and the uniform profiles of the pistes often force us to dig out the mountain. |
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| I dig out strings of beads so impertinently large that they could never have been spat from the mere entrails of an oyster. |
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| Put on a scarf and mittens, dig out your car, get on your bike, strap on some skis, or head to the subway. |
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| Bauxite exists in free flowing form, which makes it relatively easy to dig out of the ground. |
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| The FT-897 includes a wide array of analog and DSP filters to help you dig out those weak DX signals on a crowded band! |
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| Once a month, on the day of no moon, the entire village works to dig out sand and silt that has collected in the naadi. |
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| Then she uses her rear flippers to dig out the egg chamber, which is shaped like a deep flask. |
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| Women dig out the centre of the grid square and place the soil on the grass grid. |
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| If the soil is so unstable that it must be lined with bricks, it is best to make two pits and dig out the compost for use elsewhere. |
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| What we were asked for was heavy equipment to enable the people in Jenin to dig out the bodies that are still there. |
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| The first difficulty was to connect to the existing tunnel sector, dig out two hundred metres, and then take the line out into the urban area. |
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| I've seen Januarys so warm we had to dig out shorty pajamas. |
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| She figures if we go through our dad's closets and dig out the ones buried underneath the piles of toques, mittens, and scarves, we could all be hip. |
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| It has made me dig out my old diary from 1985-6 which is full of embarrassing, poorly crafted rubbish and shows me up to be the young idiot that I suspected I must have been. |
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| Put on a pot of coffee, dig out the cherry pie and sit back and relax. |
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| When he is on song, the team is on song and when we are not, he is as good as any of the rest of us when it comes to rolling up his sleeves and trying to dig out a result. |
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| Forgive me, though, if I fail to dig out the bunting for the present. |
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| Analysts started to dig out their old bullish forecasts for the euro, with some predicting parity between the euro and dollar within the next year. |
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| In this case the press had to dig out the full facts. |
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| The first task of the team is to dig out at least one Prinoth tractor. |
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| A quick shufty at the hotel website showed it to be rather nice so, reluctantly, I thought I'd better dig out some respectable-looking clothes. |
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| White miners hired them as helpers to dig out coal. |
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| Unfortunately, there are too many examples of bureaucrats and politicians underrating editors and their resources, and thus their ability to dig out all the facts. |
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| Now we are trying valiantly to dig out from the mess created by the NDP by trying to keep the government alive until it can be shot and put out of its misery. |
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| While you're in the kitchen, dig out some flan tins and create these tasty tomato and leek croustades. |
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| Now, more than ever, Canada needs a government that believes it must take a positive active role to dig out of the recession and to build for the future. |
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| They dig out of their heritage identity the seeds for a new vitality. |
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| With the weather turning colder, it was time to dig out our flannel sheets and nightclothes. |
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| Mr Khan further said that pangolins used their long claws to dig out ants and termites from mounds and logs and then eat them. |
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| Over the next six hours, the pilot tried to dislodge the aircraft and was in and out of the cold water with a small shovel and a paddle trying to dig out the gravel from under the back part of the floats. |
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| So I come to dig out new tastes and flavours. |
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| Yngve arrives, helps us dig out, then gets stuck himself. |
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| Chopper Harris would have been scenting blood in his nostrils and looking to dig out his dubbin. |
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| The minute I spotted her new 60s look I rushed upstairs to dig out my eyeliner and backcomb my hair. |
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| As a result the Commission finds itself obliged to dig out and dust off the directive on European works councils: this was a worthy initiative but its substance is poor. |
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| It takes no little effort to clear his name and dig out the rotten apple at the core of the Lothian and Borders force. |
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| A quick style tip from the Milan catwalks for next summer: dig out your prettiest bra and knickers, put on a pair of heels, backcomb your hair and you're ready to go. |
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| Unfortunately, the Commission's present proposal will not yield structural solutions, and rapporteur Garot feels that the time has now come to dig out the old socialist instrument of robust state intervention again. |
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| The boy took his entrenching tool from his pack, stepped into the hole and leadenly began to dig out the bad places. |
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| You will need to dig out the true reasons for the conflict. |
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| I dig out two summer dresses and winterise them with layers and boots. |
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| In the past, visitors to the bay could climb the foot of the cliffs and dig out the sand themselves, but are now discouraged from doing so due to the dangers of erosion. |
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