Example sentences of "[was/were] still [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was noted earlier , over two-thirds of the study group were single and a large proportion of these were still living in the parental home . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’ |
| 3 | Her identity , her home , her family were still lost in the terrifying mist in her mind . |
| 4 | In the case of the Bedfordshire parish of Cardington in 1782 , only 57 per cent of boys aged fifteen to nineteen who had spent their childhoods there in their parents ' home were still residing in the parish . |
| 5 | It was a particularly testing time at British Steel as we were still engaged in the major retrenchment exercise and we also had the very difficult task of keeping the steel mills operating during the miners ' strike . |
| 6 | He also wished to leave because the nuns were still engaged in the obsequies preceding the funerals of their two dead colleagues . |
| 7 | London Airport was not the most popular station for customs officers at that time , especially with the older officers who were still steeped in the traditional work at seaports . |
| 8 | He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity . |
| 9 | His feet were bare : his trainers were still buried in the mud . |
| 10 | Thirty minutes later the three of them were still sitting in the lounge . |
| 11 | At nine o'clock he and the transient education officer were still sitting in the ante-room reading old copies of Country Life when the mess sergeant came in to say Mr Sims was on the phone . |
| 12 | A narrow drive ran through a garden that was full of late summer flowers that were still blooming in the warmth of the autumn sun , and large , spreading trees that threw irregular patches of shade . |
| 13 | The sun rose while they were still lying in the thorn . |
| 14 | Some of the popular writings it seems had a huge circulation : Samuel Solomon 's Guide to Health , or Advice to Both Sexes ran to 66 editions between 1782 and 1817 , and editions were still appearing in the later nineteenth century . |
| 15 | As for the earliest date of birth , it is theoretically possible that it could be 1855 , since the first recruits to the trade , some of whom were still working in the 1900s , were aged 18 in 1873 . |
| 16 | And you were still working in the butchers ' at this time ? |
| 17 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magics unleashed by the Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 18 | When the Dark Elves first split from the rest of Ulthuan many from their own lands did not join them but were still caught in the terrible war that followed , culminating in the destruction of their land by the magic unleashed by Dark Elf sorcerers . |
| 19 | The pub was orthodoxly darkened and shuttered , but a few diners were still left in the restaurants . |
| 20 | There was no shadow , but the drifting tatters of smoke from something that had been burning were still swirling in the wind and rain . |
| 21 | In the Northamptonshire village of Cogenhoe half the villagers recorded in 1618 were not there ten years later , and in the Suffolk parish of Horringer only two of the sixty-three family names recorded between 1600 and 1624 were still found in the parish register between 1700 and 1724 . |
| 22 | He could hear the words as if they were still resonating in the dank air of the shower room . |
| 23 | The number of casualties was expected to rise because many people were still trapped in the rubble of damaged buildings . |
| 24 | First , the 1945 election would be regarded as some kind of high point in terms of the programme choice offered to the electorate by the Labour and Conservative Parties : Labour was out to create a new socialist Britain whilst the Conservatives were still rooted in the Old Toryism of empire and unregulated capitalism . |
| 25 | But the sounds of gasping breath rasped and echoed as Cardiff turned to see that Jimmy and Barbara were still standing in the stairwell . |
| 26 | The restlessness showed in her face , she realised despondently , looking at her own pale-faced reflection the following morning , and remembering that her entire collection of cosmetics was still stowed in the stranded car . |
| 27 | Writing was a sign of the Fall , it was a kind of punishment ; Dolle was still living in the Garden of Eden or at least the Sugar Bar . |
| 28 | In 1800 Thomas was still living in the house on the north-west side of Fountain Lane , then owned by Mrs. Hellier . |
| 29 | Montaine was still living in the attic at the time . |
| 30 | Billy was still slouched in the corner with his left leg stretched across the seat and his right arm around Mary 's neck . |