Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] scattered [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then she flew high over the site of Callanish above the men and the fallen bodies of her kind which were scattered over the site . |
| 2 | Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . |
| 3 | The two Bf110s had crashed nearby , and ‘ … they were scattered over a wide area — we all went out to view the wrecks . |
| 4 | Only between twenty and thirty guests were left and they were scattered about the gardens like so much confetti . |
| 5 | It was a time of great British expansion and it is thought that , in the guise of ships ' cats , they were scattered from the British Isles all over the globe in a comparatively short space of time . |
| 6 | It was in fact , ‘ by no means a bare collection of what was scattered in the former … but a performance so well designed and so well executed , … very acceptable to all who make gardening either their profession or diversion. , |