Example sentences of "[noun sg] still [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
2 | The Boulton and Watt job , with its huge cast-iron beam , is reckoned to be the world 's oldest engine still running on steam . |
3 | But Frances never neglects Joanne , the only child still living at home . |
4 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
5 | Caroline , heart still pounding with anger and confusion , did the same . |
6 | With four straight years of net losses , a maturing informatics industry , a 54% of its business still coming from hardware sales that are drying up , and , moreover , an image as an ever more ailing company , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA 's chances of emerging from its crisis in its current form are less than good . |
7 | ‘ You know I 'll have to go , ’ Maggie said tremulously , not yet back to earth , her body still shivering with delight and reaction . |
8 | A total of more than 2.7 million have been built , and the number continues to grow with the Renault 5 Campus still remaining in production — 21 years after the Renault 5 's first introduction . |
9 | The only thing still standing in town was the gallows . |
10 | The government banned the rally , fearing it would foment more Hindu-Muslim violence in a country still reeling from bloodshed ignited by the demolition . |
11 | With golf still increasing in popularity , this upward trend shows no sign of abating . |