Example sentences of "[n mass] were still [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aircraft were still dropping the canisters as we came near to the dropping zone . |
| 2 | The Russian campaign started , in fact , while most people were still expecting the final show-down with Britain to begin in the near future . |
| 3 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 4 | The two members of staff were still debating the issue of whether he should be bathed and shaved , whether he liked it or not , when I left . |
| 5 | As refuge staff were still celebrating the royal windfall , the princess was on her way from Balmoral to the Trinity House hospice in Blackpool . |