Example sentences of "[was/were] still [v-ing] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The Sri Lankan government on April 1 issued a denial of claims that its navy had shot at two Indian fishing trawlers in the prawn-catching area off the north of the island on March 11 and 16 ; seven people were still missing after the latter incident . |
2 | He was still sitting in the same chair , staring into space like a man in a trance . |
3 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
4 | That monolith to Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , the last great king of the Star Children , was still lying in the same position when I next visited the Rante — eleven years later . |
5 | Claudia raced for the towel ; he was still standing in the same place and still looking helpless as she dealt briskly with the spill . |