Example sentences of "were [vb pp] over a wide [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When dawn broke , the jeeps and trucks were scattered over a wide area , camouflaged under bushes and in the lee of rocks . |
2 | The two Bf110s had crashed nearby , and ‘ … they were scattered over a wide area — we all went out to view the wrecks . |
3 | All windows were blown out and large pieces of metal and wood were scattered over a wide area . |
4 | Windows were shattered over a wide area and a number of persons had to be treated for injuries from flying glass and shock . |
5 | They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more . |
6 | Even within London the operations were spread over a wide area with , for example , designers at Greenford , south-east London , fittings in Battersea and pattern-cutting in Kilburn . |
7 | The worst day for bomb scares was the Wednesday before Christmas , when many hours of trading were lost over a wide area of the centre of town . |