1.   A muddy ditch ran along the side of the field.

2.   The van came to rest in a muddy ditch about a half-block away.

3.   The van ran off the road and came to rest in a muddy ditch about a half-block away.

4.   Five corpses were unearthed Friday from a muddy ditch by the road.

5.   He spoke with coroners who exhumed five corpses from a muddy ditch by the road.

6.   Nowak spoke with coroners who had exhumed five corpses from a muddy ditch by the road, all apparently Bosnian Croats.

7.   Nowak spoke with coroners who had exhumed five corpses, all apparently Bosnian Croats, from a muddy ditch by the road.