"place" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Residents near the coast placed sandbags to protect their houses from potential flooding, and also stocked up on hurricane supplies.
- Mr. Wortman, a painter and roofer, placed sandbags on the ground, but the water kept coming.
- Some crews placed sandbags on the floor to make up for the thin belly armor.
- On the third sortie he placed sandbags around the nose of the mine, and tied the top of the mine to the iron roof support.
- In response to the flooding, residents placed sandbags around houses and office buildings to prevent flood damage.
- Particularly badly hit was Flint where the local authority had to be called out to help fire crews place sandbags at a number of properties.
- Initially, some youths would place sandbags in the trunk of their customized cars in order to create a lowered effect.
- He worked at the task of placing sandbags to repair damage done to the defences under a most galling fire.
- In Washington, preparations began several days prior to the arrival of the hurricane, including placing sandbags in flood-prone areas.
- The production crew placed sandbags on the floor to help him locate his marks.
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