Example sentences of "[am/are] still [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I thought we 're gon na so we came out of Paul 's place , behind Belmont Parade , up past the ponds there and that 's and I 'm knackered , I 'm going up river , had no you start at the bottom of Belmont Parade , up those ponds up to the traffic lights where you change buses , that 's all up hill and it 's slow , and you 've just started and you 're not warm and it 's like running out of here , running up that hill there , now you could run up that hill if you got , if you had sort of round a couple of times round nice , no one so more ready to go , you 'd run up there , you come out of here , run down here , not warm , feel you get , well I come out of there and , and you get , you go up past that set of traffic lights , you go up and you 're still struggling past The Bull , that 's still up hill , you get to the , just round that bend and it starts dropping down , and it 's a gradual drop down , below the roundabout and the next roundabout 's pretty level there , not too bad a roundabout , right the way across to Scades Hill , went down Scades Hill , right the way down to Alton , bottom of Alton high street , came out by the toilets at White Hart to High Street , up to house . |
2 | Some tourist attractions say they 're still drawing in the crowds , although the immediate future is far from rosey . |
3 | They 've sacrificed some of their originality for a more ‘ contemporary ’ sound , yet it 's encouraging that they show such willingness to innovate — even if it does sound as if they 're still stumbling through the undergrowth . |
4 | But you 're still looking at the bar spaces a hundred and fifty pounds , and seat spaces two hundred and fifty pounds . |
5 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
6 | Detectives in Cheltenham , who 're still looking for the milkman 's attackers , say they understand his decision . |
7 | They 're still looking for the murder weapon , believed to be a tyre lever . |
8 | ‘ They 're still living in the Stone Age . ’ |
9 | You do n't realise because the note is a new currency item and you 're still living in the world of the old £5 and £10 notes . |
10 | We 're still suffering from the liberties he took . |
11 | So , if you 're still lying in the tub , staring at that cracked sink , why not think about transforming your smallest room ? |
12 | By making you pay more on your VAT , so we can knock the Poll Tax bills down , you 're still paying for the damn stuff , ah , ha |
13 | I think er they 're still talking at the moment . |
14 | Moving on to look at the fact I mean you had erm and it is n't the fact that you 're still working in the shop , you 're still helping the shop , you 've had forty years in which you actually lived here did n't you ? about forty years ? |
15 | ‘ That 's a fair assumption , although we 're still waiting for the full results from the post-mortem . ’ |
16 | ‘ You 're still applying for the wrong jobs , ’ she said , with more than a hint of exasperation . |
17 | Dad 's shirts wo n't be dry in time , they 're still dripping into the bath . ’ |
18 | ( I am still smarting at the MILLSTONE remark about poor little B , at which simply roared with laughter , told me to ignore it and that he , , was merely getting crabbit , old , critical and jealous … ) . |
19 | I am still searching for the answer to that one . |
20 | It had a profound influence on me — I am still working on the stuff she did to me . ’ |
21 | I am still dreaming of the white cotton lace bedspread that I have always promised to knit for my ‘ best friend ’ because I know that she had always wanted one . |
22 | Many welfare lobbyists and pressure groups are still struggling with the legacy of the Thatcher years , especially the Fowler reviews and the 1986 Social Security Act changes . |
23 | Oxford are still struggling near the bottom of Division one . |
24 | ‘ It is a good figure but objectively you have to say the trend remains flat and that we are still bumping along the bottom , ’ said John Shepperd , economist with merchant bank SG Warburg . |
25 | CITY financiers are still gasping at the Financial Times editorial column on Thursday which backed Labour . |
26 | Past colleagues of mine who are still serving in the Royal Navy tell me that she is an outstanding success and a tribute to British shipbuilding . |
27 | As hospital staff try to get rid of the last traces of CS gas from the department many are still recovering from the ordeal , which left them and a number of their patients suffering the effects of the gas . |
28 | The politicians , it seems , are still haggling over the emblem on the cover . |
29 | So if your relationship breaks down you can not be charged each other 's Poll Tax bills , even if you are still living in the same house . |
30 | If you are still living in the property on expiry of the Notice to Quit , he or she will need to obtain a Possession Order from your local county court . |