Example sentences of "[coord] still [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fall asleep more grudgingly , thrashing at the waves , either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one . |
| 2 | Barker 's poetry , however , is largely of a different order : rebellious , mad , hortatory , and still singing after all these years . |
| 3 | In the following months he defeated Lord Franks in the election of a Chancellor for Oxford University : he was still in office in 1983 , and still using in public ceremonies the Latin pronunciation he had learned at Eton in the last Edwardian days . |
| 4 | She stepped out from behind her rock , her skimpy dress clinging uncomfortably to her wet skin , providing absolutely no warmth , and still reeking of smoke . |
| 5 | If you are over 18 and still living at home with your family , you will receive your own Poll Tax bill . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And now he 's forty , unmarried and still living with that old termagant he calls Mother . ’ |
| 8 | When you are young and still living within the family it is often hard to acknowledge that you are sexually active and need to take some precautions . |
| 9 | He 's nearly forty-two , you know , and still living in digs ! |
| 10 | Floribundas Pruning for Floribundas follows the same general principles as for H.T.s , except that it should & not so hard — the first year cut-back should be T-2 inches ( 2.5–5cm ) longer , leaving some 4–6 inches ( 10–15cm ) of stem from the base and still aiming for outward-pointing buds to develop the open cup shape . |
| 11 | Dunn Roamin … and still speaking of Sunderland , Kip Watson reports that former Gas Board fitter and Roker left winger Barry Dunn has just passed two score . |
| 12 | He was elected to succeed Gaston Mullegg as President of FISA when he was 33 and still competing in the Swiss rowing team . |
| 13 | But mainly these diseases have now been er controlled if not completely eradicated and as a result the world 's population is er is likely to zoom up as you can see right off the top end of the , of the graph and we 're expecting something like eight billion people er and , and still rising at the end of the , of the century and it 'll be some time way into the next century before the world 's population actually starts to er er to level out . |
| 14 | Gaitskell ( now dominating Labour 's economic policy and still smarting from the defeat over Clow ) cut the allocations to electricity more than to the other fuel industries ( which the planners felt could meet energy demand at less capital cost ) . |
| 15 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
| 16 | Aware of how precarious his position was , and still clinging to the Entente as the only hope in the shifting pattern of the European system , he had taken the unusual step of sending Eugénie to visit Queen Victoria at Osborne in the July of 1867 in order to find out the Queen 's reactions to the situation . |
| 17 | Slowly but surely Carter are on the move again , still pertinent and still clinging to the plot . |
| 18 | It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ . |
| 19 | " Can I top you up , Mr Willoughby ? " asked Lucy in the most polished social manner that anyone could desire , and soon the Magistrate was drinking his third cup of hot water , and still gazing at her in fascination , or to be more precise , at the back of her neck , which was the part of her which most interested him . |
| 20 | Harry 's gaze was fixed on the stranger and still looking at him he nodded . |
| 21 | But with half an hour gone the poor quality of United 's final ball had left Cantona stranded and still looking for a chance to put some flesh on Ferguson 's bold predictions . |
| 22 | A major purveyor of Tory gossip and still looking for a job . |
| 23 | Here she was in her sixties and still dreaming like a schoolgirl about a man . |
| 24 | ‘ You write fairly well , ’ said Morse , after reading through the sheet for a second time , and still refraining from pointing out the single grammatical monstrosity . |
| 25 | Her hand rose to her lips , soft and still tingling from the hard pressure of his possessive mouth . |
| 26 | But the French referendum on closer European ties left a huge headache for Premier John Major , currently EC president and still reeling from last week 's pound crisis . |
| 27 | ABOVE : Fighting from the podium in 1969 ; LEFT : Dancing with husband Ted ; RIGHT : As she is now , aged 82 , and still fighting By Diana Pulson |
| 28 | In 1993 , eight years short of its 250th anniversary , and still trading under its original name , it has fewer branches than Thins and a turnover probably around £13m ( Thins is believed to be around £15m ) . |
| 29 | The rush comes on in five minutes , lasts for an hour , and you 're buzzin' and still going for hours . ’ |
| 30 | A note of the fact that they have started out equally separated from each other , are now marching in parallel straight lines , and we need to check later that they are still separated by equal distances and still going in the same direction . |