Example sentences of "[verb] scattered [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground .
2 Severed human limbs , heads and trunks lay scattered over a wide area ; other human remains , accompanied by tattered shreds of uniform , hung grotesquely from the remaining tree branches .
3 Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts .
4 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 .
5 A pile of boxes lay scattered like a demolished chimney .
6 My count at the moment , I reckon we 've got scattered round the countryside , ten thousand .
7 The remains of duns , brochs , stone circles , burial chambers and standing stones lie scattered throughout the island .
8 They lie scattered amongst the hills and moorlands and skill using a compass and map is almost as important as skill using a fishing rod .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap .
11 When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor .
12 The half-dozen letters from Summerchild that I have found scattered through the porridge oats box seem to be replies to letters from Serafin , but not one of Serafin 's letters has yet come to light .
13 Like much of France , vineyards were found scattered throughout the region but none of the eight farms visited grew any grapes .
14 The Theban necropolis , which includes almost 400 tombs and a handful of major temples , lay scattered across a sloping swath of desert between the cultivation and the hills .
15 Coffin-plates , elm-chips , bright-headed nails , and shreds of black cloth , lay scattered on the floor ; and the wall behind the counter was ornamented with a lively representation of two mutes in very stiff neckcloths , on duty at a large private door , with a hearse drawn by four black steeds , approaching in the distance .
16 It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet .
17 Broken glass lay scattered over the cement floor , along with pieces of brick , broken flowerpots , dead leaves .
18 The black and white wooden pole used as the cordon had been completely shattered ; shreds of wood lay scattered in the rain .
19 Here we were in a restaurant where books on croquet lay scattered around the place .
20 It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order .
21 When she had finished , she went to the mirror , took off her glasses , and fixed on two strips of the false eyelashes that Gloria had left scattered on the table .
22 Too late , she tried to marshal her senses , only to find they had scattered to the winds , driven by the sudden flood of desire pulsing through her body .
23 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 .
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