Example sentences of "[was/were] still [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our announcing staff at CBR had been enhanced by the addition of Ray Mackness , Sheila Russell , Ted Devlin and Saul Ornest , but the main shows were still handled by the old reliables , Dick Halhed and Bill Herbert . |
| 2 | The builders , unfortunately , were still upstairs , and her classes were still conducted to the loud clank of hammering with attendant dust . |
| 3 | Her identity , her home , her family were still lost in the terrifying mist in her mind . |
| 4 | But his eyes were still fixed on the little bed , trying to make out any movement in or upon it . |
| 5 | It was a particularly testing time at British Steel as we were still engaged in the major retrenchment exercise and we also had the very difficult task of keeping the steel mills operating during the miners ' strike . |
| 6 | London Airport was not the most popular station for customs officers at that time , especially with the older officers who were still steeped in the traditional work at seaports . |
| 7 | The Mesopotamian Jews were still united to the Palestinian Jews by a common language , though the Aramaic spoken by Palestinian Jews must have presented considerable differences from the Aramaic spoken by Mesopotamian Jews . |
| 8 | Bernard and Laura 's attitudes were still coloured by the historical evolution of the business , manufacturing led , and believed their shops existed only to absorb the manufacturing capacity . |
| 9 | Horses were still used until the 1950s on some canals and can still be seen today pulling some trip boats . |
| 10 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |
| 11 | Results were still awaited for the 10 non-Moslem seats . |
| 12 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magics unleashed by the Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 13 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magic unleashed by Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 14 | Brearley did his best , but four were still needed off the last ball and he could manage only a single . |
| 15 | I was beginning to realize that this diet could in fact be a breakthrough for all those who were still left with the typical British ‘ pear ’ shape , even after losing weight successfully . |
| 16 | Most Soviet citizens , however , appeared to have remained loyal to their native language in their domestic and family life , and there was little sign of the disappearance of at least the major Soviet languages , most of which were still spoken by the great majority of the nationalities in question ( the 1979 census found that 62 per cent of non-Russians were fluent in that language , but that 93 per cent of the population identified their national language as their native one ; the 1989 census found that the reported level of knowledge of Russian had actually fallen among at least two national groups , the Uzbeks and Lithuanians ) . |
| 17 | Gilbert and Frye were still glued to the rain-streaked glass . |
| 18 | First , the 1945 election would be regarded as some kind of high point in terms of the programme choice offered to the electorate by the Labour and Conservative Parties : Labour was out to create a new socialist Britain whilst the Conservatives were still rooted in the Old Toryism of empire and unregulated capitalism . |
| 19 | Every now and then he stopped to peer out through a slit in the tent wall arid check that Jacques Devraux was still seated with the American hunting party at the table in the canter of the clearing . |
| 20 | Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents . |
| 21 | The restlessness showed in her face , she realised despondently , looking at her own pale-faced reflection the following morning , and remembering that her entire collection of cosmetics was still stowed in the stranded car . |
| 22 | But while their cricketing cousins were making history at the Calcutta Eden Garden pitch , rugby was still embroiled in the hard world of politics . |
| 23 | Yet its supporters could not fail to realize the possibility of attracting a section of the Liberal Party , which was still represented in the official Party . |
| 24 | Bruce was still lost in the red mists of temper seven minutes later when Simpson , City 's impressive recruit from Swindon , released White with a splendid pass — and Bruce tracked him almost to the deadball line before scything him down . |
| 25 | Sir Henry was still shaken by the terrible cry we had heard on the moor . |
| 26 | The Waste lay on a high part of the forest so that when they reached it the sun , which had already sunk from sight in the valleys , was still poised above the dark low edge of the distant forest . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the document was still consulted in the early thirteenth century , which shows that it was regarded as an important statement of custom . |
| 28 | I was still dazed by the extraordinary story he had told me . |
| 29 | The German economy in 1974 was still troubled by the 1973 oil price increase . |
| 30 | The wraith of a smile was still strung across the chief inspector 's lips — a configuration they fell into naturally when the brain behind them was puzzled — as Dexter unglued one eyelid and focused his eyes on her . |