Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that as an adult I was still reacting as a four-year-old child . |
| 2 | I 'm still eating in a guilty , uncomfortable way : huge amounts one day , then fasting or taking laxatives the next . |
| 3 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
| 4 | Llewellyn , who is attached to the Tim Forster stable , was really third choice for the mount on Party Politics , as injured Andrew Adams , 27 , was still recovering from a broken knee , and Richard Dunwoody , who had also ridden the gelding , was committed to Brown Windsor . |
| 5 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
| 6 | The winner carried the famous ‘ Teaplanter ’ colours of owner Richard Russell who missed the ride as he is still recovering from a bad early season fall . |
| 7 | Sir Roger was still recovering from a bad car accident just before Christmas . |
| 8 | They are still struggling under a huge burden of debt . |
| 9 | I fall asleep more grudgingly , thrashing at the waves , either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one . |
| 10 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 11 | Perhaps he was still groping towards a fully-formed constitutional blueprint . |
| 12 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
| 13 | CHELSEA manager Ian Porterfield is still searching for a top class goalkeeper despite the heroics of stand-in Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 14 | Police are still sifting through a large haul of material uncovered during a series of raids across London in the past three days . |
| 15 | But , when asked whether he was still looking for a new goalkeeper despite Hitchcock 's form , Porterfield said : ‘ We are always looking to improve our squad of players and we will keep searching . ’ |
| 16 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
| 17 | It 's been a weekend of turmoil for Oxford United , still looking for a new manager . |
| 18 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 19 | The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol . |
| 20 | This will considerably help cash Mow problems for new haulage firms and hauliers still operating at a modest turnover . |
| 21 | She 's divorced , but she has n't emigrated or defected — she 's still a Fellow of Somerville , and still living at a solid address in North Oxford . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're still listening to a bad PA , the music 's blowing all over the place , people are crashed out in the mud … it 's exactly the same ! ’ |
| 23 | But between 1850 and 1890 even Austro-Hungary , Norway and Ireland urbanised at this rate , Belgium and the United States at between 0.30 and 0.40 , Prussia , Australia and Argentina at between 0.40 and 0.50 , England and Wales ( still leading by a short head ) and Saxony at over 0.50 per annum . |
| 24 | Kursell v. Timber Operators ( 1927 C.A ) concerned the sale of timber which at the time the contract was made was still growing in a Latvian forest . |
| 25 | Despite the initially positive tone of his report Kiet conceded that the socio-economic situation was " still growing in a complicated way " . |
| 26 | So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye . |
| 27 | Further details will reach you just as soon as they reach us … we 're STILL waiting for a finished version of Hook , ‘ coz we refuse to write full reviews from pre-production , half-finished disks ! |
| 28 | We 're still waiting for a green form extension to grant t t to be granted |
| 29 | Both types have been treated to the SAAF 's exacting maintenance standards and very likely represent the best of their breed still flying on a day-to-day basis . |
| 30 | Two and a half furlongs from home , Kelly could n't believe it , she was still riding with a double handful . |