Example sentences of "[was/were] scatter [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Paper streamers like coiled fuses were scattered between the plates and wine bottles . |
3 | Only between twenty and thirty guests were left and they were scattered about the gardens like so much confetti . |
4 | Burning lumps of phosphorus jelly were scattered amongst the containers , forming a foreground that was blinding . |
5 | Through the holes in the side of the Hongkong Banking Group building in Bishopsgate , papers fluttered on desks , books were scattered around the rooms . |
6 | He wrote ‘ Michael Ramsey 's Monthly Message ’ for the Cambridgeshire Liberal Magazine , which thereafter was scattered among the villagers . |