Example sentences of "was still [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy . |
| 2 | The moth was still fluttering between the pane and pinned scarlet cotton . |
| 3 | She was still mooning about the theatre , gazing at him . |
| 4 | The villages , hamlets and the red-tile-roofed manors boasted their peace and prosperity for Henry was still living on the treasure bequeathed to him by his father . |
| 5 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 6 | Writing was a sign of the Fall , it was a kind of punishment ; Dolle was still living in the Garden of Eden or at least the Sugar Bar . |
| 7 | Montaine was still living in the attic at the time . |
| 8 | In 1800 Thomas was still living in the house on the north-west side of Fountain Lane , then owned by Mrs. Hellier . |
| 9 | It had looked quite straightforward , thought Fenella , who was not very used to maps and was still adjusting to the vastness of this world after small Renascia . |
| 10 | A SAIRI statement from Beirut on March 9 claimed that over 30,000 people had died during the uprising and that fighting was still raging throughout the south . |
| 11 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 14 | She was still puzzling over the problem when she saw Joanna 's car coming towards her . |
| 15 | As she walked , her mind was still puzzling over the mystery of Moloch 's peculiar ecology . |
| 16 | The woman was still strolling along the corridor , glancing at her surroundings and at Daak and Defries , but heading towards Ace . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Judge Furner was still presiding over the county courts at Lewes after twenty-two years , and he continued to order defaulting and mostly absent debtors to be punished by having to spend short terms in the county gaol , for some time after New Years Day 1870 . |
| 19 | and I was still riding on the tank |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The nurse was still hovering about the bed , patting the pillow , tucking in blankets and generally fussing over her patient . |
| 22 | She was still resting on the bed . |
| 23 | Some reports put this around 1880 , but others claim the mill was still operating at the turn of the 20th century . |
| 24 | It does indeed seem that the taboo on wives working was still operating among the generation that came to maturity at the time of the Great War . |
| 25 | The second shot , fired while the gun was still bucking from the recoil of the first , went wild . |
| 26 | He claimed that Ferrara and Faenza had been promised to papal authority in 757 as part of the Exarchate of Ravenna before Desiderius became king and while he was still struggling for the crown with his rival King Ratchis . |
| 27 | For I was still struggling in the web you had woven , like a helpless insect wanting to escape , yet hypnotized into acquiescence and adoration by the spider 's malefic eyes and enveloping threads , wound slowly one by one round my resistless mind : |
| 28 | Daine was still struggling against the stake . |
| 29 | On Sunday at 11pm , Mrs Biky 's basement cavern was still humming with the sound of her sewing machine as she turned out ladies ' dresses and blouses . |
| 30 | Dexter was still mulling over the scene in which Nicola pretended she was taking drugs . |