Example sentences of "was litter [prep] [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The surface of the water was littered with scraps of cloth , pieces of rotten fruit , mouldy vegetables and human detritus , and the air was as crowded , with the smell of excrement , rotting meat , unwashed bodies and a thin sting of strong spice . |
| 2 | Two lorries were parked in the yard , which was littered with piles of boxes stinking of fish . |
| 3 | The whole area was littered with fragments of mortar which had been chipped out of the wall by workmen getting it ready for re-pointing . |
| 4 | In the metal and spring-making department the floor was littered with pieces of metal , coils of wire and shavings ; the surface of the floor was greasy and the premises generally filthy . |
| 5 | Cheerfully and expensively furnished , it was littered with photographs of men — no , of one man . |