Example sentences of "strewn [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried an Indian-looking middle-aged man with a pouchy face hidden beneath a large brimmed hat , and a paunchy stomach that seemed to run a perfect little circle round his navel hidden beneath a scruffy fair-isle sweater hidden beneath a wrinkly brown jacket hidden beneath an overcoat which brushed the homeless autumn leaves strewn despairingly across the lawns . |
| 2 | There were bodies strewn all over the road . |
| 3 | And there was plenty of crap strewn all over the pavement , so he had to be more careful . |
| 4 | The place was deserted , there was no sign of the family , smashed furniture and household goods were strewn all over the place . |
| 5 | Also barrels of apples and tobacco and many other useful items that had been part of the boat 's cargo were strewn all along the beach . |
| 6 | If he 'd been in Eden , he would have probably left apple cores strewn all around the garden . |
| 7 | Live bodies are strewn restlessly about the flat , hands and eyes in ashtrays and record discs , tangerines and Rizlas , magazines and carpet and kebab wrappers , delving into the laps of one another , sparring opinions like rubber balls , reconciling in smoke and stereo and wide , generous laughing things . |