Example sentences of "[pron] were still [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it appears that the plentiful supplies of sugar were not wholly unwelcome to Soviet leaders , who were still pursuing the consumption drive which was behind the February 1960 agreement . |
| 2 | The platoon commander , a short man with a moustache , a cane and a two-way radio , was arguing with a gang of Christian Phalangist gunmen who had not yet vacated their barricades and who were still guarding the streets , wearing revolvers and carrying carbines with telescopic sights . |
| 3 | Your Sunday paper very likely came in sections , some of which you were still reading the following week . |
| 4 | It 's either the job or something means they 've got ta go away or they ca n't afford , they ca n't sell them so they I do n't know if that would make your income different if you were still paying a mortgage . |
| 5 | And meanwhile you were still running the business during the war ? |
| 6 | The guards left us alone and we often watched television , although we were still denied the news . |
| 7 | If it were March and we were still drawing the curtains at four . |
| 8 | We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing . |
| 9 | We were still leading the championship , but it was becoming fraught . |
| 10 | I entirely accept that if er , four years on we were still doing the same thing that then they 'd be er , some erm , requirement for er , cutting back but I think it is also worth reminding ourselves that due to the action of this conservative government in er , forcing the local government review , er , we are facing the spectre er , of an additional full meeting of this council , and indeed we have had to er , respond to that government initiative . |
| 11 | Yes , there were er , I think there was one , two , three , four houses , four or five houses that were occupied before we came in , they were still building The Chantry incidently and er you know it was a it was quite a shock to us and the wife was a bit upset you know when having to , we came from Plymouth actually , Devon , and er the wife was a bit er down you know all the night travelling all night with the children |
| 12 | Why would anyone keep such a letter unless they were still considering a response to it ? |
| 13 | The blue flag was showing , which indicated they were still manoeuvring the balloon into position . |
| 14 | Oh I , I should think that about fifteen years ago er when erm the lighting manufacturers had decided that er there was a great deal more available in lighting than just the erm , type of glass bowls and shades that had been used , well in between the wars er , I mean after the war was over in nineteen forty six er they were still using the same things that they did before the war and this just carried on er and er it , it only within the last what I suppose fifty years that 's over |
| 15 | ‘ We were n't getting anywhere and the ANC said they were still to reach a decision . |
| 16 | If your child did start vomiting or trembling or gasping for breath , would you suspect that they had eaten delphinium seeds unless they were still holding the packet ? |
| 17 | They were still evacuating the area when a device exploded at the Northern Bank . |
| 18 | ( They were still patrolling the streets of Madrid as late as 1973 , when they were officially retired . ) |
| 19 | I think there is an element of contrariness about them but if they were really honest with themselves deep down , I do n't think they would be happy if their records went in at number 150 and they were still playing The Bull And Gate . |
| 20 | And they said they were still planning an evening out together on their 10th anniversary . |
| 21 | They were still keeping an open mind about the inquiry , he said . |
| 22 | Do n't you remember when we snook out of Helena 's living room to go and see Marky and that lot when they were , we were gon na , when we were gon na go over to Davy 's over their garden and they were still having a party ? |
| 23 | A Merseyside Police spokesman said they were still investigating the matter which occurred around 12.30am today . |
| 24 | A few miles further on they left the motorway , although they were still following a main road . |
| 25 | The change in their knowledge and expectations was accompanied by a change in what they saw , although they were still viewing the same physical objects . |
| 26 | In the eighteen-forties they were still defending the review of Keats . |
| 27 | We know from the observations of Herodotus nearly a century later that they were still treating the animal with the utmost respect . |