Example sentences of "still [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It still lay there on the keys , the fingers extended to form the shape . |
| 2 | He had hoped to find him attempting to dress but he was still propped up under the shower , hands against the wall . |
| 3 | Male homosexuality is increasingly regarded as a variation of sexual behaviour rather than a perversion , and although the homosexual male is still treated badly by the law , in comparison to the heterosexual , he no longer feels the urgent need for anonymity and secrecy . |
| 4 | It 's a weird feeling to have only a layer of ice between you and the sea ; weirder still to drive out across the Baltic in a Volkswagen . |
| 5 | ‘ It was full of slops , ’ answered Nellie , still gazing out of the window . |
| 6 | The validity of a patent still turns mainly upon the question whether it complies with this enactment . |
| 7 | Now in his sixties , he still rode out with the Black and Tans , as wild and fearless as ever . |
| 8 | Moma Parsheen still floated blindly near the plascrystal port . |
| 9 | The educational background of the party thus suggests a single integrated elite still drawing heavily on the most exclusive sources . |
| 10 | That thinking was still cast in the mould of a hundred years before ; the methods of conducting war at sea were still those of blockade , commerce-destroying and protection , and still depended ultimately on the ability to win a pitched gun-battle with the enemy fleet . |
| 11 | Back in New York , John Wilcock was still writing his column , still hanging out with the Realist 's Paul Krassner , and had moved from New York Times travel writing to travel books , indeed an opus on Mexico had begun to open — or dilate — his eyes to drugs . |
| 12 | The fight to save wildlife still goes on in the Shetlands . |
| 13 | He must have taken the bucket outside but when he returned Robyn was still struggling furiously with the unfamiliar catch . |
| 14 | Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate . |
| 15 | It appeared round the corner with loud threats of speed , but the colt that it startled from among the gorse , which still flickered indistinctly in the raw afternoon , outdistanced it at a canter ( 2 ) . |
| 16 | Scathach slung the clothing he had looted across one of the horses which still paced nervously in the enclosure . |
| 17 | Cut the loaf into about 12 slices , making sure that it still holds together at the base . |
| 18 | We can assure the world that the spirit of wartime Liverpool still lives on in the young taxi drivers , news vendors , waiters , waitresses and the police . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's have something to eat , William , then afterwards I 'll go and see Lewis , I expect he still lives down near the docks . ’ |
| 20 | My father still lives there in the house where I grew up . ’ |
| 21 | The firecrackers were still exploding intermittently in the courtyard and occasional salvos of cannon fire boomed out from beyond the walls of the Imperial City . |
| 22 | Fylde Flyer , on whom Piggott was deputising for Jack Berry 's injured stable-jockey John Carroll , was still lifted home with the old familiar magical rhythm and skill . |
| 23 | But you see what we 've got here is this problem of the old definition of quality , still lurking there in the mind , quality is a degree of excellence , therefore you have high quality and low quality . |
| 24 | Despite everything , a lot of burglaries are still carried out via the front door . |
| 25 | For long periods in the past , however , towns and cities did not exist , and yet many , if not most , of the functions which major urban centres fulfil today were still carried out in the landscape . |
| 26 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 27 | That day still stands out as the greatest day in my football life . ’ |
| 28 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 29 | In such a case , as Lord Haldane said in North Western Salt Co Ltd v Electrolytic Alkali Co Ltd [ 1914 ] AC 461 , the law " still looks carefully to the interests of the public , but it regards the parties as the best judges of what is reasonable as between themselves " . |
| 30 | Nemesis had still come down like the wolf on the fold . |