Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] scattered [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have snapped my squeaking baby-trumpet of sedition , ’ he wrote in April 1798 , ‘ and the fragments lie scattered in the lumber-room of penitence . |
| 2 | Other columns lay scattered on the grass , and yet there was still such perfect grace and beauty to the place that Caroline felt her throat constrict . |
| 3 | The black and white wooden pole used as the cordon had been completely shattered ; shreds of wood lay scattered in the rain . |
| 4 | When the mice had scattered across the carpet and melted into the shadows by the wainscoting , Alexandra picked up their home of five days and carried it back to her tower room . |
| 5 | Here we were in a restaurant where books on croquet lay scattered around the place . |
| 6 | Broken glass lay scattered over the cement floor , along with pieces of brick , broken flowerpots , dead leaves . |
| 7 | The remains of duns , brochs , stone circles , burial chambers and standing stones lie scattered throughout the island . |