Example sentences of "still [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 2 | The phone was still off the hook . |
| 3 | Alliances beyond the product-swap level are seemingly still off the agenda , and Data General is not for sale . |
| 4 | I was still off the chain so could at least go to the little bathroom and fill the others ' water-bottles and empty their pee-bottles . |
| 5 | That is rarer still for a worldwide index . |
| 6 | It looked massive and majestic in the evening light and Tug stood quite still for a second , imagining the wind blowing across its top . |
| 7 | He had not quietened down at all as he had grown older — far from it — and could not now be still for a single moment . |
| 8 | Eachuinn Odhar stood absolutely still for a long , long breath . |
| 9 | George was utterly still for a moment , before rolling over on to his stomach . |
| 10 | He stood quite still for a moment . |
| 11 | Even the guns were still for a moment . |
| 12 | To add realism to the stop-motion scenes , small camera movements were introduced , including a couple of slight pans , rather than keeping the camera rigidly still for a whole series of single-frame exposures . |
| 13 | Ellwood stayed still for a while , letting the priest set up his tackle and make a couple of casts , then he slithered down to the path . |
| 14 | But it remained still for a moment and there was the shimmer of silver about the boy 's head . |
| 15 | He stood very still for a moment and then lifted his hand and gently traced a line across her swollen cheek . |
| 16 | And Rosalba roused her heavy , hollow limbs and submitted to the tasks , finding in the repetitiousness of domestic labours a lulling routine that could still for a time the kind of sickness she had contracted . |
| 17 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 18 | Told me to keep him still for a couple of days . ’ |
| 19 | If you want an actor to stay still for a while , you can elect to freeze the path ( Kev 's pause ) , or , alternatively , you can accelerate and decelerate . |
| 20 | The haughty face was still for a second more and then he began to laugh softly , warm , dark laughter that took her completely by surprise . |
| 21 | She lay very still for a moment , trying to think . |
| 22 | Isabel remained very still for a minute , thinking about how much worse she must look with red-rimmed eyes and tears mingling with the dirt on her face . |
| 23 | Héloise de Rochefort stood very still for a moment , then she covered her face with her hands and began to cry in great , gusty , choking sobs . |
| 24 | Second , Byrd 's wide-ranging and extended melodic lines are hard to sing , and harder still for a consort of solo voices to keep constantly in tune , above all when using the vowel-sounds of the past . |
| 25 | Sara could not help smiling back at him , he looked so incongruous surrounded by the children , who did not seem to stay still for a moment ; the whole group bubbled and rippled with continuous movement . |
| 26 | Startled , he drew back , and was still for a few seconds , watching her as she battled with her thoughts , then with a barely audible sigh he said , ‘ What is it , Rachel ? |
| 27 | He stood very still for a few seconds , a faint frown lining his forehead , then the wide mouth twisted in the wry teasing smile which flipped her heart over . |
| 28 | As I would be , Caroline thought , if you 'd only be still for a moment . |
| 29 | She sat very still for a moment , the room revolving around her like a carousel as the pain in her head hammered to a crescendo then receded again to a just bearable throb . |
| 30 | ‘ Lie perfectly still for a while . |