Example sentences of "[noun] still [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've stopped , ’ she said vaguely , her ears still ringing . |
| 2 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 3 | In any case , for as long as they remain as powerful as they are and until the country is ready for a proper comprehensive system the grammar school should be preserved : ‘ It would , moreover , be absurd from a socialist point of view to close down the grammar school , while leaving the public schools still holding their present commanding position . |
| 4 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 5 | She rubbed the back of her hand over her mouth in a vain bid to obliterate the taste and touch of his lips still tingling on hers . |
| 6 | However , with Vendelin Gajdusek out of town and that interview still hanging over her head , a missed trip to the third spa town of the triangle , she inwardly sighed , was the least of her worries ! |
| 7 | The boat owner seized them , twisted the hooks from their mouths and tossed the fish , tails still flapping , into a bucket . |
| 8 | But when Graham left later , with something of the earlier benignity still binding him and Phoebe together , he had asked , |
| 9 | When the door had opened to admit her , the waiting tension still gnawing at him had finally transformed itself into swift action , and he 'd been too busy quitting the bed and judging the right moment to attack to identify the intruder . |
| 10 | After that , everything was just the same with Mrs Parvis still complaining as much as ever . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've experience of two kinds of Darkfall , ’ continued Gilbert , still looking to find a way around Cardiff , the words still spilling out of him . |
| 12 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
| 13 | And for the second time since she 'd first met him , he turned on his heel and left her , his blistering words still seeming to echo in the very air around her . |
| 14 | Riven pulled his cloak up about his neck , his bones aching and stiff and his legs still complaining about the horse between them . |
| 15 | I shouted , my legs still shaking with fright . |
| 16 | As Dexter staggered out of the door , he saw the superintendent still pondering over Nicola 's letter , her face bathed in the light of her desk lamp . |
| 17 | For the thousands of fans still listening to Stones records today , it 's enough to know Brian Jones ' music . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've probably lain like that with dozens of women , ’ she threw back at him , not caring what she said as long as she could exorcise the intimate pictures still flashing through her mind . |
| 19 | Another Mitchell known as " Puddin " was for many years tree planter in the village and at the later part of the 19th century planted trees around the cemetery , always maintaining he was one short , and if one takes the trouble to look there is a gap still awaiting the missing tree . |
| 20 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
| 21 | And there 's cranes still standing on an empty river , |
| 22 | Tacitus tells us that this incursion was into the territory of Rome 's allies , and this could place it in the lower Severn , where Caratacus could have linked up with the other group of dissidents in the south-west still smarting from the operations of Vespasian , who with his sea-borne mobility swept right along the south coast , taking the Britons by surprise . |
| 23 | but the echoes of light still staining our eyelids . |
| 24 | Afterwards I sit with him in the room at the back , the late afternoon light still coming in through the windows . |
| 25 | CW still awaiting new keys from engraver . |
| 26 | There are only one or two quarries in the parish of Swanage still working , the majority being in Langton and Worth . |
| 27 | Given the amount of negative equity still locking in to the system , it may be instructive to look at the UK consumer 's reaction to lower interest rates . |
| 28 | And Souness ' attempt to sell Dean Saunders has hit the rocks with Aston Villa still refusing to pay Liverpool 's £2.3million asking price . |
| 29 | And the unstilled wheel still turning |
| 30 | This prospect appeared to recede after the Washington talks , however , as both sides reported little progress on outstanding issues , particularly on the provisions dealing with air- and sea-launched long-range missiles , with the Soviet side still seeking a treaty to cover air-launched cruise missiles carried by tactical fighters as well as by heavy bombers . |