Example sentences of "[was/were] still give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the chance survival of a record of a miracle on Easter Day not long before Lanfranc 's arrival shows that the monks were still giving a dramatic representation of the three women at the tomb searching for the risen Lord as laid down in the Regularis Concordia . |
| 2 | Although the seventeenth century saw the beginning of the end of magic in western society , some credence was still given to the supposed therapeutic properties of certain precious substances . |
| 3 | A century later , however , MacArthur was still given credit in South Africa for his contribution to that country 's economy . |
| 4 | If preference was still given to diplomacy , force ( alone or in co-operation with Britain ) was not ruled out — especially in defence of oil supplies to Europe against any threat , Arab or Soviet . |
| 5 | Joe ran to the kitchen , and was still giving Mary the order when his mother appeared in the doorway , saying , ‘ What is it ? ’ |
| 6 | Lanfranc himself was only partly converted , and , even in his last days , he was still giving quantities of the bodies of his predecessors , which had filled the old church before the fire of 1067 , to his new foundation of canons outside the walls of the city . |
| 7 | In 1330 his grandson Edward III continued the practice of his forbears and was still giving alms to Fontevrault , the mausoleum of the Angevin dynasty . |
| 8 | The Hatter was still giving evidence , but nobody could understand a word of it . |
| 9 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 10 | Dr Jaffery was still giving lectures at the college , Fardine said . |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 12 | The Herbarium photocopier was still giving cause for concern in respect of a lack of information and instruction on its use . |
| 13 | She was still giving forth when he came in to investigate . |