Example sentences of "still [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downstairs , Julie looked across and saw Stark hit the floor , her attention diverted only momentarily from the blows still raining against the door . |
| 2 | The dummy was still propped over the desk , the shower curtain drawn . |
| 3 | The ex-soldier had n't moved , his big hands resting on his knees , his feet still propped on the canvas bag . |
| 4 | Arab regimes , particularly Jordan , welcomed Israel 's reappointment of the old élite to provide municipal services , for it created the impression that the occupation was not permanent and that Jordanian authority was still recognized through the employment of its municipal and civil servants . |
| 5 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 6 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 7 | He shook his head , still gazing at the patterns of sunshine on the grass outside the hut . |
| 8 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 9 | The application may be submitted at any time ( as long as the candidate is still registered with the Institute ) and the examination is normally arranged within a few weeks . |
| 10 | Nursing homes are still registered by the health authorities , so their ability to meet , and setting of standards that they 're required to meet , are still set by the health authority , registered by the health authority , and monitored by the health authority . |
| 11 | But do remember that the house still belongs to the parents and even if you do love black walls painted with silver moons and stars , bright red carpet and eerie holograms , but remember they have to live there after you are long gone . |
| 12 | I think it still belongs to the Duke of Devonshire because he was interviewed at the end was n't he ? |
| 13 | The museum is housed in the Old Court House , which still belongs to the Bloxham Feoffees , trustees of the ancient Bloxham charities . |
| 14 | Much of the village housing , including the farms , still belongs to the Legard family , although The Elms , a large 19th century house formerly occupied by the bailiff of the St Quintin estate , is now the offices of a turkey farm . |
| 15 | Since then the building has been used as a village hall for the local community but still belongs to the Herons Trust . |
| 16 | Church Farm has been tenanted ever since , and from Clives , through marriages to the Earls of Powis , it came and still belongs to the Earls of Plymouth . |
| 17 | But this man says his documents prove the trough was given to the town in 1907 and still belongs to the parish council . |
| 18 | Even so there is still some dragging of feet which makes things like the implementation of standards which could be used across , not only C&P , but ICI as a whole , something that still belongs to the future . |
| 19 | Pow , in spite of taking a knock on the knee , will be at stand-off for today 's home encounter against Watsonians , who are on eight points but still embroiled in the relegation issue . |
| 20 | WADDINGTON GALLERIES David Inshaw , the Staffordshire artist , still turns to the landscape as his main source of inspiration . |
| 21 | Rourke 's thumb was still pressed to the bell as she opened the door , and they stared at each other , he , frowning , she with an expression of wary mistrust . |
| 22 | The plaster casts demonstrate this with unpleasant clarity ; in many of them the hands are still pressed to the mouth , preserving the last hopeless efforts to breathe . |
| 23 | He reached behind him , with one hand , the other still pressed into the small of her back , and turned off the water . |
| 24 | " But why are all these Chinese going there ? " asked Joseph , dropping his voice and nodding towards the sea of silent yellow faces still pressed against the underside of the grilles in the deck below . |
| 25 | It 's , it 's like the one aunty Lynne had and I , I bought for aunty Lynne , years ago , that I still got in the cupboard you know . |
| 26 | The array did not fall completely into disuse , and the crown still relied on the sheriffs to call the posse comitatus to deal with local disturbances . |
| 27 | At 10:30 am , first thing in the Fleet Street morning , his desk at the Daily Post was still stacked with the detritus of the night before . |
| 28 | While still leafing through the statements he turned to Sara : ‘ We have a witness who claims to have seen you in Alexandra Road after eleven on Saturday night , and you may know that a woman was seen going in by the back door of this house at half-past . ’ |
| 29 | I draw the attention of the House and of Ministers to the fact that in that context it seems to make no sense whatsoever that one regulatory authority responsible for safety — the maritime inspectorate — should still remain within the Department of Transport . |
| 30 | Two hours before dawn , in the wavering beam of our torches , we followed their steps to the Flammes de Pierre and caught them , still cocooned amongst the rocks . |