Example sentences of "still [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cut the loaf into about 12 slices , making sure that it still holds together at the base .
2 I was still looking down at the girl in the grass .
3 And she sat there , still looking down at the sand .
4 He paused a moment , still looking down at the body , the head in the centre of a spreading pool of blood .
5 Connon was standing a little apart from them , still looking across at the superintendent 's table .
6 When he arrived at the shop , Oliver was still kicking wildly at the cellar door .
7 Gaston , however , disposed of the latest invaders and then commemorated his double success over the heathens by incorporating into his portal the figures of two Saracens in chains and oriental costume , to be seen still hunched submissively at the foot of the central pillar of the doorway as if having to bear all its weight .
8 Fergus took no notice ; he kept on crying , still staring up at the holes in the ceiling .
9 Fabia was still staring witlessly at the door after he had quietly closed it behind him .
10 ‘ When can I see my father ? ’ she demanded , still staring out at the city she had been born in , and feeling waves of love for its brash life force , its moneyed pavements and its frantic race against time .
11 At press time Sun was still chipping away at the price of the Tsunami Classic , so named because Sun expects it to become the standard by which all others are judged .
12 It 'd got to the stage where the workforce were not gon na talk to the management on a an official level , you know we were still talking informally at the picket line and , you know still trying to be helpful and offer our advice on what could be done to solve the dispute .
13 Peruvian taxi drivers still smiled broadly at the memory .
14 Still rubbing away at the counter , Maggie had to resist the desire to turn round and bring the wet cloth across the beautiful face to the side of her .
15 Leeds charged back down the M62 still mouthing off at the injustice of defeat .
16 Although the memory of their near-quarrel still lurked somewhere at the back of Folly 's mind , the forefront of her attention had been much more pleasantly occupied .
17 After 30 years in the mill , retired four years ago but still works part-time at the mill ; and last in line is who began his career with , completed 28 years at Eagle Mill and is now at Burston .
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