Example sentences of "[pers pn] scatter [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They scatter during the day to feed , but reassemble every night in a vast , noisy crowd , blanketing whole sections of woodland and making the trees almost invisible under their cloak of bodies . |
| 2 | They drove off the parliamentarians they scattered across the field . |
| 3 | They scattered across the dirt plaza that gave the low-lying village its air of consequence ; those whose homes lay uphill began their journey with scuffling games of last-lick which ceased as the road became steep and the heat too strong . |
| 4 | So Jane and John took to the boats , and drifted right up to the remaining seals before they scattered into the water . |
| 5 | On shore the remaining sheep were released with their new stud ram , whereupon they scattered over the grazing as if nothing had ever disturbed their tranquillity . |
| 6 | At the scene of the attack police found a plastic bag holding the pint of milk and four sausages he had bought for his tea — and some of the breadcrumbs he scattered to the birds each day . |