Example sentences of "[was/were] still [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Bewick 's Swans are now recorded in wet grasslands or large areas of open water in the interior , although des Forges and Harber record none in the interior before 1940 and as recently as 1961 most were still seen at the coast . |
| 2 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 3 | Whilst we were still looking at the blaze , Marjorie Truckle ( Ernie 's sister ) , who would have been about thirteen years of age , came rushing across the field with a message from their mother — |
| 4 | The remaining employers , during the negotiations which followed the mass meeting of 31 August and the threat of a strike , were still sticking at a compromise formula , one which Amelia McLean , putting the women 's case in The Vote , said she was prepared to accept , viz : a five-year ban on women entrants from 1 January 1911 , and the establishment of a 50 per cent distribution of Monotype keyboards between men and women . |
| 5 | They were still sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 6 | The race started with the smallest grid since 1932 , yet 16 of the 29 cars that qualified were still running at the end . |
| 7 | ( She and Jack were still married at the time . ) |
| 8 | Appreciative letters were still arriving at the stage door from listeners to the Home Service . |
| 9 | Millwall 's protests ended with Cunningham being booked and they were still arguing at the end . |
| 10 | Do n't exaggerate , they were still whispering at the edges . |
| 11 | He glanced briefly towards the Frenchman , who was still seated at the table . |
| 12 | In the canter of the camp Senator Nathaniel Sherman was still seated at the table on his own , savouring his third post-prandial cognac . |
| 13 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 14 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 15 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 16 | He was very discursive : his lectures on Augustine , the date of whose birth he was still discussing at the end of term , contrived to include a list of books on the law of tort . |
| 17 | Their argument a few days ago was still hovering at the back of her mind , still had the power , in fact , to make her cringe with shame , and it lent an edge of petulance to all her answers to his questions . |
| 18 | Some reports put this around 1880 , but others claim the mill was still operating at the turn of the 20th century . |
| 19 | The Captain was still dazed at the shock of the sudden change in his fortunes . |
| 20 | He was still tugging at the branch . |
| 21 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 22 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 23 | She was still looking at the ceiling : ‘ Things like that just do n't exist , ’ she said to herself . |
| 24 | She was still looking at the door . |
| 25 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 26 | John was still looking at the photograph . |
| 27 | I was still seething at the injustice of Oliver Moreton 's attitude to me . |
| 28 | It became clear that Iran was still aiming at a battlefield victory , posing specific preconditions for an end to the war : reparations and the removal of Saddam and his entire regime . |
| 29 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 30 | By 1850 , Abel was still assisting at the college , whereas Mansfield was preparing his naphtha fractions elsewhere and was eagerly looking for socially useful outlets for his products . |