Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam lived as far away from the parental home as was possible while still living in north London . |
| 2 | He was fifty-five and still filled with plans for a united Spain . |
| 3 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 4 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 5 | Iraq 's nuclear plans seemed to go into abeyance while it was reactorless and still bogged down in its costly war against Iran . |
| 6 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |
| 7 | He dealt extremely gently with Chamberlain , who was present and still respected , reserving the edge of his debating power entirely for Lloyd George , who was absent and distrusted : |
| 8 | He was elected to succeed Gaston Mullegg as President of FISA when he was 33 and still competing in the Swiss rowing team . |
| 9 | He had run away from his home in Chicago when he was fifteen and still bore the scars from the beating he had received at the hands of his father after his parents had discovered he was gay . |
| 10 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |