Example sentences of "[adv] still as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people expected that , if war broke out , it would rise further still as investors sought safe havens . |
| 2 | By the time of the committee 's first meeting on March 5 controversy had mounted further still as allegations were made that " names " working inside Lloyd 's had an unfair advantage in trading at the insurance market . |
| 3 | So , when Rune 's English gave way to Danish once more , she made her own translation of the words , inventing the compliments and vows she wanted to hear , feeling her pulse respond more rapidly still as his voice deepened and shook with fervour . |
| 4 | Bella pulled a cellular blanket up over her head , closed her eyes and lay , as still as she could , under her heap of covers . |
| 5 | I sat as still as cold wax , watching the grey river slug by towards the girdered floodlights of Fulham football ground . |
| 6 | Stay as still as possible . |
| 7 | In many instances , this swelling is enough to produce pressure on sensory nerves causing pain ; to minimise the pain , the patient usually keeps the part as still as possible . |
| 8 | The door is as still as the sky ; |
| 9 | as still as grass , so the memories |
| 10 | They are as still as in Bryonia but it is because they are so tired and weary , not from the pain and their head is more congested than in Bryonia . |
| 11 | But I have also come to realise that standing as still as you must while waiting for your chance to come on a frosty day is not exactly the height of pleasure . |
| 12 | Midnight was squatting down , back against the wall , as still as the carved bear 's head hanging above him . |
| 13 | I sat there as still as I could . |
| 14 | It is important to get your performers to hold the mike in a firm grip and to keep it and its connecting cable as still as possible while recording is in progress . |
| 15 | Then they turned out the lights , the great brass chandelier with its false candles , and the moon 's lemony radiance lay as still as cloths draped over the shining wood . |
| 16 | Sit on a chair , slip off your shoes , and keeping your legs as still as possible , slowly revolve each foot in turn , drawing an imaginary circle with your toes . |
| 17 | It is very tall and can sit as still as a statue . |
| 18 | Wherever they were shown tragedy was greeted with a silence ‘ as still as death ’ leaving just ‘ the whirl of the machine , stifled sobs and suspicious sniffling ’ . |
| 19 | Mansel 's left hand was upon him ; but though , I think , he would have licked it , the poor scrap never moved , but lay as still as an image , with his chin on his little paws and his eyes upon Mansel 's face . |
| 20 | The green cloak sank in folds round him , and he was as still as a statue . |
| 21 | As still as death , in fact . |
| 22 | I lay as still as death . |
| 23 | The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her . |
| 24 | Harriet 's Aunt Gertrude , a nervy spinster who lived with Uncle Bertie 's household , sat as still as possible . |
| 25 | Sandy pulled her dress back up over her shoulders , just in case , and the two of them sat as still as they could and listened . |
| 26 | They were full of movement , the maids , but the strange girl was as still as a hunting cat , her fingers closed over the cheap pin and her eyes open now . |
| 27 | As still as possible . |
| 28 | She stood as still as a statue , watching his determined progress through the crush of people , while her heart somersaulted in anticipation . |
| 29 | For a space , my heart was almost as still as hers . |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's the furniture that would send a splinter into a man if he did n't sit as still as a rock . |