Example sentences of "[noun sg] still [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard |
| 2 | His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard . |
| 3 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 4 | Its arm fell off , clattering to the deck with the Perk still clinging to it . |
| 5 | Can my right hon. Friend arrange a debate on local government finance in London , so that we may discuss the growing evidence that Labour councils , far from struggling to provide services , can not even be bothered to collect millions of pounds of rates and of community charge still owing to them ? |
| 6 | I was in Winchester for St Giles ’ Fair last month — ' he paused and shook his head ‘ — but ‘ t was a poor showing this year , half the town still needing to be rebuilt , and the other half with scarce two farthings to rub together . |
| 7 | Artemis could hear her father still calling to her to turn her pony , but there was nothing she could do . |
| 8 | First flight still going to be in April . |
| 9 | First flight still going to be in April ? |
| 10 | His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain . |
| 11 | The town 's appearance today is that of a compact , prosperous market centre still clinging to its medieval street plan and to memories of the Franciscan priory once known as the ‘ Lamp of Lothian ’ , a designation transferred in our own century to the church of St Mary . |
| 12 | But , unless some of the coins had mortar still adhering to them , it would be more correct to assume that they were lost either during the demolition or in the occupation which followed . |
| 13 | When Dexter met the superintendent twenty minutes later , Blanche stood outside the Inside Out office still chatting to the security guard . |
| 14 | Muriel arrived with earth still clinging to her fingers . |