Example sentences of "[conj] still [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ash which had been falling on St Pierre since the beginning of May 1902 continued to accumulate , sifting down softly to cover the ruins of St Pierre in a grey pall and burying many of the bodies that still lay in the debris . |
| 2 | Those that still persist in the belief that the use of computers in the study of history equates solely to quantification are about as out of date as the dinosaur-like machines available to the computer-using pioneers of the 1970s . |
| 3 | Or maybe something like the morning star that still hung in the dawning sky . |
| 4 | Some people leave effects of the dead person around — the hat that still hangs in the hall , the bedroom that is not touched , the area of the house that becomes a kind of ‘ shrine ’ to the memory of the person who is dead . |
| 5 | ( ‘ I pointed out to my boss that we could run the business straight and still pull in the same sort of money , but he said straight money did n't spend right . ’ ) |
| 6 | He was elected to succeed Gaston Mullegg as President of FISA when he was 33 and still competing in the Swiss rowing team . |
| 7 | But if I do admit his claim to enjoy them , and still persist in the inquisition ( ‘ Why do you like gibbons ? ’ ) , the logical nature of the question will have changed . |
| 8 | Done it all and still sits in the chair . |
| 9 | Red deer are ideal animals to be considered for such sustainable management , because they are already maintained by human intervention on open hill land , very different from the forest habitat which they once occupied in Scotland and still inhabit in the rest of Europe . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This one is about three hours old and still lying in the foetal position in which it emerged from the egg . |
| 12 | I had always considered him , and still did in the absence of any other evidence , to be a sincere person , one who would do anything to fulfil his promises . |
| 13 | This description actually appeared 100 years later , for ‘ Sutton Globe ’ has stood the test of time and still appears in the latest catalogue . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , they still function and still live in the married quarters with their families . |
| 15 | Pow , in spite of taking a knock on the knee , will be at stand-off for today 's home encounter against Watsonians , who are on eight points but still embroiled in the relegation issue . |
| 16 | Bake at 325°F ( 160°C ) gas mark 3 until the custard is just set but still trembling in the centre and the tops of the bread projecting from it are deliciously toasty and crusted . |
| 17 | She scorned the ‘ literary ’ but still believed in the literature she admires here in the work of Christina Stead , Louise Erdich , and in the best discussion of Jane Eyre you will ever read . |
| 18 | The club mascot , a statue of Our Lady Vulnerata ( the wounded Maradona ? ) was hacked about in 1589 by some ( Lord ) Essex supporters on their way back from Cadiz , but still stands in the chapel , a focus of prayer . |
| 19 | Joyce became a part-time tutor at a creamer 's , while still participating in the social life of his peers . |
| 20 | However , while still working in the darkroom , he gained second spot in the 1979 Northern Sports Photographer of the Year competition . |
| 21 | Monkey Shines ( Orion , 1988 ) was to be Romero 's first Hollywood venture , though still shot in the Pittsburgh area . |