Example sentences of "[noun] were scattered [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the holes in the side of the Hongkong Banking Group building in Bishopsgate , papers fluttered on desks , books were scattered around the rooms . |
| 2 | Whereas previously the exhibition sites for the participating countries were scattered throughout the city , this year the entire show will be housed in the Feshane , a nineteenth-century fez factory which the Italian architect Gae Aulenti is converting into Istanbul 's first museum of contemporary art the Nejat Eczacibasi Museum . |
| 3 | While a large number of the items taken from Germany are held in special State-run storage facilities and are easy to work with , the majority of works removed from Russia were scattered over the world in the post-war period ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Robson told Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield the telephone was off the hook and things were scattered around the room . |
| 5 | Wheels and parts of the cars ' undercarriage were scattered along the track as rescue workers struggled to pull survivors from the wreckage of the train in the Amsterdam suburb of Hoofddorp . |
| 6 | Rubble and bloodstained corpses were scattered across the dockside , and acrid smoke from burning oil filled the air . |
| 7 | Even so , pyramid-shaped stone bases for medium-sized double-axes survive in the Labyrinth , proving that double-axes were scattered about the building , like crucifixes in a church . |
| 8 | Passengers ' baggage had spilled out of the hold and burst suitcases , charred books , swimming costumes and tubes of sun tan cream were scattered on the ground . |
| 9 | Threads were scattered on the surface and flour and sand trodden in to simulate dust and grit ( a major cause of wear ) and the cleaner 's overall efficiency was recorded . |
| 10 | A new water tower stood sentinel and only two or three tents were scattered outside the perimeter of a newly erected wire fence . |
| 11 | Dining chairs were scattered about the room ; there was a battered filing cabinet with a bulging , open drawer next to a massive sideboard with a marble top . |
| 12 | He followed me round to the jetty where Laura 's clothes were scattered across the lawn . |
| 13 | Paper streamers like coiled fuses were scattered between the plates and wine bottles . |
| 14 | Gandhi 's ashes were scattered on the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at Allahabad on May 28 in a ceremony that marked the end of the funeral service . |
| 15 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |
| 16 | Burning lumps of phosphorus jelly were scattered amongst the containers , forming a foreground that was blinding . |