Example sentences of "[be] still [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first impulse of every critic of postmodernism ’ , Ihab Hassan recently suggested , ‘ is still to relate it to the semanteme it contains : namely , modernism ’ ( Hassan 1987a : 214 ) . |
| 2 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 3 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 4 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 5 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 6 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |
| 7 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |