Example sentences of "were still [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the aftermath of the bid , while suggestions that TI paid too much for Dowty were still flying around the City , the group won praise and respect from many analysts when it released a detailed account of the provisions it would be making in connection with the takeover — £87.1m in all , of which £41m represents asset write-offs and £46.1m additional expenditure that TI will have to incur . |
| 2 | Yesterday Frank and Dorothy Lewis were still seething following the court case , which arose from an incident at Ilkeston , in Derbyshire . |
| 3 | His ears were still ringing from the gunshot . |
| 4 | The cookhouse was only fifty yards away and was open from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm ; at 1.15 pm we were still hobbling round the block in an abdominal crouch with our hands behind our heads . |
| 5 | Chief Supt David Foster said there was no indication of a sexual attack and police were still searching for a murder weapon . |
| 6 | They were still thinking of the kingdom in materialistic terms . |
| 7 | Her eyes were still adjusting from the brightness outside and she felt a surge of panic at her mistake , but he did nothing . |
| 8 | After all , the Whigs were still acting within the framework of assumptions commonly held by the ruling class then and tacitly accepted by the great majority of a generally deferential lower class , assumptions which attached privilege — and responsibility — to property . |
| 9 | In the case of the Bedfordshire parish of Cardington in 1782 , only 57 per cent of boys aged fifteen to nineteen who had spent their childhoods there in their parents ' home were still residing in the parish . |
| 10 | But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 . |
| 11 | In her dream , they were still careering along the road . |
| 12 | He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity . |
| 13 | 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 — |
| 14 | Erm , but at the moment were still looking for a driver . |
| 15 | Of course not ; at that stage , they were still clinging to the poll tax . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They were still waiting for the entertainment . |
| 18 | Young people and students were still fleeing during the summer of 1990 , in fear of harassment , detention and violence , particularly in the Natal region . |
| 19 | They were still sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 20 | Thirty minutes later the three of them were still sitting in the lounge . |
| 21 | At nine o'clock he and the transient education officer were still sitting in the ante-room reading old copies of Country Life when the mess sergeant came in to say Mr Sims was on the phone . |
| 22 | The race started with the smallest grid since 1932 , yet 16 of the 29 cars that qualified were still running at the end . |
| 23 | Despite the lateness of the hour , some children were still playing on the footpath . |
| 24 | Had Mafart and Prieur simply abandoned the camper and boarded the flight they would have left the country undetected because at the time the police believed they were still driving around the country . |
| 25 | A narrow drive ran through a garden that was full of late summer flowers that were still blooming in the warmth of the autumn sun , and large , spreading trees that threw irregular patches of shade . |
| 26 | They were still talking about the incident on Wednesday when Kathleen returned to work after her days off . |
| 27 | At breakfast-time they were still talking about the feast to come . |
| 28 | The villagers were still talking about the servant-girl 's revelations when dawn broke on a grim picture . |
| 29 | It did not strike Nicandra as odd that last night 's dinner dishes were still lying under the water into which flakes of soapsuds and hair were falling . |
| 30 | The sun rose while they were still lying in the thorn . |