Example sentences of "[verb] scattered [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground . |
| 2 | Severed human limbs , heads and trunks lay scattered over a wide area ; other human remains , accompanied by tattered shreds of uniform , hung grotesquely from the remaining tree branches . |
| 3 | Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts . |
| 4 | Other columns lay scattered on the grass , and yet there was still such perfect grace and beauty to the place that Caroline felt her throat constrict . |
| 5 | A pile of boxes lay scattered like a demolished chimney . |
| 6 | My count at the moment , I reckon we 've got scattered round the countryside , ten thousand . |
| 7 | There are dozens of attractive bays round the shore ; skerries , underwater rocky outcrops , lie scattered throughout its six-mile length ; knowing where they are is all important . |
| 8 | The remains of duns , brochs , stone circles , burial chambers and standing stones lie scattered throughout the island . |
| 9 | They lie scattered amongst the hills and moorlands and skill using a compass and map is almost as important as skill using a fishing rod . |
| 10 | ‘ I have snapped my squeaking baby-trumpet of sedition , ’ he wrote in April 1798 , ‘ and the fragments lie scattered in the lumber-room of penitence . |
| 11 | Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap . |
| 12 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 13 | The half-dozen letters from Summerchild that I have found scattered through the porridge oats box seem to be replies to letters from Serafin , but not one of Serafin 's letters has yet come to light . |
| 14 | After some time one became aware that members of a quite different clan were also to be found scattered in little clusters throughout the open-plan living area . |
| 15 | Like much of France , vineyards were found scattered throughout the region but none of the eight farms visited grew any grapes . |
| 16 | The Theban necropolis , which includes almost 400 tombs and a handful of major temples , lay scattered across a sloping swath of desert between the cultivation and the hills . |
| 17 | Coffin-plates , elm-chips , bright-headed nails , and shreds of black cloth , lay scattered on the floor ; and the wall behind the counter was ornamented with a lively representation of two mutes in very stiff neckcloths , on duty at a large private door , with a hearse drawn by four black steeds , approaching in the distance . |
| 18 | It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet . |
| 19 | His eyes were on Meredith , who was framed against the peeling ochre wall , her flame-burst of hair a startling contrast to her pale cream skin and the delicate snowflakes which lay scattered on her head like confetti . |
| 20 | Broken glass lay scattered over the cement floor , along with pieces of brick , broken flowerpots , dead leaves . |
| 21 | The black and white wooden pole used as the cordon had been completely shattered ; shreds of wood lay scattered in the rain . |
| 22 | The original plaster lay scattered in pieces on his death , it not being clear just how Rodin would have wanted it pieced together . |
| 23 | He shed tears the way a flower sheds petals , they fell to the ground , lay scattered round his feet . |
| 24 | Here we were in a restaurant where books on croquet lay scattered around the place . |
| 25 | It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order . |
| 26 | When she had finished , she went to the mirror , took off her glasses , and fixed on two strips of the false eyelashes that Gloria had left scattered on the table . |
| 27 | There was no buzz of conversation ; most of the students had scattered with their plates of food and were sitting around eating in silence . |
| 28 | Too late , she tried to marshal her senses , only to find they had scattered to the winds , driven by the sudden flood of desire pulsing through her body . |
| 29 | When the mice had scattered across the carpet and melted into the shadows by the wainscoting , Alexandra picked up their home of five days and carried it back to her tower room . |
| 30 | , Current editions of the UK half-million ICAO Aeronautical Charts have scattered across them pairs of numbers printed in blue , one large figure followed by a smaller one , thus : for example . |