How To Use Washing-up In A Sentence
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Develop/wash in a flat-bottomed tray containing water with a dash of washing-up liquid added.
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You get plenty of atmosphere, and all the trimmings, but in the civilised company of a group of convivial adults (and someone else does the washing-up).
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Blow bubbles - use washing-up liquid or a bottle of bubble mixture to create shimmering bubbles in the air, then watch them float away.
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This includes emptying work surfaces, cleaning the sink and cooker and wiping paintwork - though the bedders are not expected to fight through piles of washing-up.
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Whose turn is it to do the washing-up?
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Washing-up liquids are often of the 'anionic' types and are likely to interfere with the dyeing process.
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There's an enormous pile of washing-up in the sink.
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Washing-up liquid will leave it shining and removes limescale too.
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Cheap scent and costlier scent like fly spray, sticky underarm deodorant, hair lacquer, babies and washing-up hands.
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And the fact that you eat them out of the tin means less washing-up than your average pie.
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The sink was always full of washing-up.
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The washing-up is left to build up (another excuse) and is done once a day or the sink is left half full and hot water from the kettle goes in when I've made a cup of tea and I catch up on the things hanging around.
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This includes ‘emptying down work surfaces, cleaning the sink and cooker and wiping paintwork’ - though the bedders are not expected to fight through piles of washing-up.
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Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even being asked!
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The washing-up had been left in the sink.
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It is much larger than the average minuscule Japanese hotel room, with the convenience of a fully fitted kitchen but without the hassle of having to do the washing-up - dishwashers and housekeeping teams are on hand to take care of all that.
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They had been through this situation before; if the draining board is full, Kimberley dries what she can while Beck finishes off the washing-up.
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Rub with a solution of 300 ml white spirit, 300 ml water and a teaspoon of washing-up liquid.
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Give a hand with the washing-up.
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Hey, the washing-up's been done. That must have been Cynthia.
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Then rub in a little white vinegar and washing-up liquid and wash as normal.
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I use a classic fullers earth, glycerine & washing-up liquid mixture, rubbed well into the line.
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Don't you dare try and get out of the washing-up!
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He never does any washing-up and it's starting to piss me off.
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She makes an elaborate ritual of the washing-up.
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This is a clever production that takes you deep into the heartland of motherhood - the kitchen - and discovers weeping, wailing, bleakness, sudden catastrophe and piles of washing-up.
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There's an enormous pile of washing-up in the sink.
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She makes an elaborate ritual of the washing-up.
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He managed to skip the washing-up.
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Maybe because the routine of washing-up is basically enjoyable - hot water and clean plates at the end of it.
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Let's toss to see who does the washing-up.
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Blue for the washing-up, red for cooking, white for personal.
WHITE LIES
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I'll make a start on the washing-up.
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Let her rub and brush any plastic bowls and cups while you get on with your washing-up at the nearby sink.
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But as the eldest, I started to help tidy and do the washing-up and laundry.
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Here's how to enjoy the festivities without all that washing-up.
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The sink was still full of last night's washing-up.
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Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even being asked!
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Dinner ended quickly, and Shaila hurried through the washing-up.
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Give a hand with the washing-up.
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Let her rub and brush any plastic bowls and cups while you get on with your washing-up at the nearby sink.
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The washing-up bowl was overflowing.
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Let her rub and brush any plastic bowls and cups while you get on with your washing-up at the nearby sink.
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A plastic basin in the sink collects washing-up water and other water used.
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Whose turn is it to do the washing-up?
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No flowers, no marble vases, just empty plastic buckets and washing-up bowls.
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Cheap scent and costlier scent like fly spray, sticky underarm deodorant, hair lacquer, babies and washing-up hands.
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A washing-up bowl of hottish water filled with bath salts and a few drops of lavender essential oil works wonders.
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Her mother, a small grey-haired woman with a cheerful birdlike face, was finishing off the washing-up as Eeva burst into the kitchen.
TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
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What lawns deserve is grey water, that basinful of (cooled) soapy washing-up water, the sluiced out teapot, the diverted bathwater.
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I'm doing the washing-up these days, so I keep it down as far as possible.
A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
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If you cook, I'll do the washing-up .
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One member was said to be carrying a washing-up liquid bottle, thought to contain ammonia, while another had a brown cricket kit type bag.
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With just Gordon, alias Black Jake, and 17-year-old Adam, as crew, we all took turns with the cooking, washing-up, and night-time watches.
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Sponge the woolly bits with neat washing-up liquid, suggests a reader who says her father used to deal with greenfly on his roses in this way.
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It is much larger than the average minuscule Japanese hotel room, with the convenience of a fully fitted kitchen but without the hassle of having to do the washing-up - dishwashers and housekeeping teams are on hand to take care of all that.
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The downside of this is that the noise of running a tap, cleaning your teeth or doing the washing-up can blot out words and phrases leaving you astonished or bewildered by what you think you heard.
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Hugely faffy dish that creates a mountain of washing-up.
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The other advantage is that there is very little washing-up as it is served from the pan it was cooked in.
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One of the attackers was armed with a washing-up liquid bottle which is believed to have contained ammonia.
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We haven't done this in a while, as most meals have been defined by their lack of preparation and cooking, the minimal washing-up created, and by their ability to be eaten whilst sitting cross legged on the floor.
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After dinner when the washing-up was done, we would then sit on the porch and star gaze, talking for what seemed to be hours about the night sky.
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For young children, an old dessert spoon and ladle double as a trowel and spade, while a washing-up liquid bottle with extra holes can become a watering can.
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Triclosan (also found in some toothpastes) is a common active ingredient in washing-up liquids, and hydrogen peroxide is used as a sterilant for babies' feeding bottles.
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What lawns deserve is grey water, that basinful of (cooled) soapy washing-up water, the sluiced out teapot, the diverted bathwater.
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Remove any residue with a mild washing-up liquid.
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Its washing-up liquid is nontoxic, biodegradable, not tested on animals, and even certified kosher.
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There's an enormous pile of washing-up in the sink.
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The sink was always full of washing-up.
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Then rub in a little white vinegar and washing-up liquid and wash as normal.
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Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even being asked!
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Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even being asked!
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Then rub in a little white vinegar and washing-up liquid and wash as normal.
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