Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The result was that as an adult I was still reacting as a four-year-old child . |
2 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
3 | Llewellyn , who is attached to the Tim Forster stable , was really third choice for the mount on Party Politics , as injured Andrew Adams , 27 , was still recovering from a broken knee , and Richard Dunwoody , who had also ridden the gelding , was committed to Brown Windsor . |
4 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
5 | Sir Roger was still recovering from a bad car accident just before Christmas . |
6 | They are still struggling under a huge burden of debt . |
7 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
8 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
9 | CHELSEA manager Ian Porterfield is still searching for a top class goalkeeper despite the heroics of stand-in Kevin Hitchcock . |
10 | Police are still sifting through a large haul of material uncovered during a series of raids across London in the past three days . |
11 | But , when asked whether he was still looking for a new goalkeeper despite Hitchcock 's form , Porterfield said : ‘ We are always looking to improve our squad of players and we will keep searching . ’ |
12 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
13 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
14 | This will considerably help cash Mow problems for new haulage firms and hauliers still operating at a modest turnover . |
15 | She 's divorced , but she has n't emigrated or defected — she 's still a Fellow of Somerville , and still living at a solid address in North Oxford . |
16 | ‘ You 're still listening to a bad PA , the music 's blowing all over the place , people are crashed out in the mud … it 's exactly the same ! ’ |
17 | But between 1850 and 1890 even Austro-Hungary , Norway and Ireland urbanised at this rate , Belgium and the United States at between 0.30 and 0.40 , Prussia , Australia and Argentina at between 0.40 and 0.50 , England and Wales ( still leading by a short head ) and Saxony at over 0.50 per annum . |
18 | Kursell v. Timber Operators ( 1927 C.A ) concerned the sale of timber which at the time the contract was made was still growing in a Latvian forest . |
19 | Despite the initially positive tone of his report Kiet conceded that the socio-economic situation was " still growing in a complicated way " . |
20 | So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye . |
21 | Further details will reach you just as soon as they reach us … we 're STILL waiting for a finished version of Hook , ‘ coz we refuse to write full reviews from pre-production , half-finished disks ! |
22 | We 're still waiting for a green form extension to grant t t to be granted |
23 | Both types have been treated to the SAAF 's exacting maintenance standards and very likely represent the best of their breed still flying on a day-to-day basis . |
24 | Two and a half furlongs from home , Kelly could n't believe it , she was still riding with a double handful . |
25 | With opinion polls still pointing to a hung Parliament , he appealed to the electorate to ‘ wake up ’ , before it was too late , to the dangers posed by Scottish devolution and other proposed constitutional changes , including proportional representation . |
26 | HARSH new cigarette packaging regulations have stunned Australia 's tobacco industry , which is still reeling from a total ban on tobacco sponsorship of sport and on all forms of advertising except at the point of sale from July next year . |
27 | The person who is feeling stable , confident and optimistic is far less likely to mind being alone than someone who is still reeling from a major bereavement or break-up . |
28 | At first Peter 's parents thought he was still suffering from a recent bout of whooping cough , but when he started a second bottle of C-vit they noticed the drink had fermented , turning some of the juice into alcohol . |
29 | ( 4 ) From 15 weeks after your accident , you will also be entitled to claim and may be awarded Industrial Disablement Benefit if you are still suffering from a continuing disability . |
30 | There were more horses coming now , less hurriedly than the advance party , but still approaching at a brisk speed from the Cross . |