Example sentences of "[verb] scattered on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground . |
| 2 | Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |