Example sentences of "[be] still [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bear a thought for the locals in the Sutton District Water Company area on the edge of London — they are still under a sprinkler ban . |
| 2 | The second concerned the shops ; ‘ They were still like a jumble sale inside with everything crammed on the rails . ’ |
| 3 | Two more men were taken from the hall by ambulance , and one of them is still on a life support machine . |
| 4 | One is still on a life support machine . |
| 5 | In any case , this mode of composition is still in a fluid state , and no textbook seems to exist which one can regard as completely authoritative . |
| 6 | Perhaps when you hear that bit you 'll hear it 's still like a train C , D there C , D , C , D , C , D , C , D |
| 7 | He could n't forget he 'd been an Army sergeant , he talked like one and acted as if he was still on a parade ground or something . |
| 8 | I was still under a care order so the Social Services put me in a hostel . |
| 9 | He was still in a silk robe , in his office , staring dully at the grey morning beyond the windows . |
| 10 | But the unrepentant former boxer was still in a fighting mood last night — if not exactly smelling of roses . |