Digging away for the truth, all the time.

He still dug away at the rocks, hoping to get rich.

First all the peat down to the groundwater table was dug away.

"Well, if we dug the stuff away we could clear the hole."

The floor had been dug away, making a shallow pit.

Carefully he began to dig away around the object, finally getting down and brushing aside the earth with his hands.

Digging away in the hollow, he scarcely noticed that the sun was setting.

From then on, they dug away within the tent for a matter of a few hours, until Sid was just about exhausted.

Two of them dug in right away, but the third sat back for a moment and chatted.

As though he was a tower about to topple, his foundations dug away.