Example sentences of "was still [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Abd al-Karim was still recovering from serious gunshot wounds sustained during the Iraqi occupation . |
| 2 | She was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the General Post Office . |
| 3 | I suspect he was still smarting about last year 's Which ? report which put the AA slowest at reaching stranded motorists . |
| 4 | I must have studied her with attention for I find that I can at this moment , however reluctantly , see her face before me as distinctly as though I was still sitting in that coffee bar with a quarter of an inch of the brown dregs left in my cup . |
| 5 | She was still pondering on this mystery when a low whistle came from the other side of the ditch . |
| 6 | While he was still talking to that woman , the dhāmi 's body slowly began to relax . |
| 7 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 8 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 9 | All of us in the team knew that we were totally dependent on the Lord for any ‘ success ’ — but it was still reassuring at each crusade when Walter would murmur to me as he surveyed the huge first night crowds — ‘ Well , Harvey , that 's your job safe till the next one . |
| 10 | And William George of course was still practising at that time . |
| 11 | Reinforcement of the heavy bomber force in Egypt was still continuing during this period , and during the night of 14th/15th. four Wellingtons from the Reserve Flight , Stradishall ( Suffolk ) , and a Maryland , were despatched from England , approaching the Malta zone early in the morning . |