Example sentences of "still [verb] up [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had hoped to find him attempting to dress but he was still propped up under the shower , hands against the wall . |
| 2 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 5 | Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack . |
| 6 | Let us say that , although not trapped in a fight for survival , we are all still caught up in the ordinary competitiveness of business , social gamesmanship , and marriage . |
| 7 | The last thing I want after the programme is to be still caught up in the atmosphere of the studio . |
| 8 | If he just suddenly hits me without warning , thought Bob , I shall almost certainly go straight over backwards with my feet still caught up in the bar-stool , and split my skull open on the floor . |
| 9 | His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing . |
| 10 | Follow That Camel was filmed in May , but Gerald Thomas still woke up in the morning to find snow all over their Fort Zuassantneuf set . |
| 11 | Young men still came up to the colleges , but they reminded Lewis of his own position in 1917 , when his glimpse of Oxford life was just a prelude to the horrors of battle . |
| 12 | He was still pumped up after the brief battle . |
| 13 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 14 | Animals still travel up to the high pastures , but today the migration is by truck , and not on foot . |
| 15 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 16 | But you c My impression is that you still finish up with a contradiction if you use terminology like in the Greater York area when there is and stick to the existing definition of that area . |
| 17 | You still finish up with the same amount . |
| 18 | Parts of the county are still sobering up from the unprecedented celebrations . |
| 19 | Even though I see Cam every day , I still wake up in the morning and go ‘ Wicked ! |
| 20 | I still wake up in the morning and go , ‘ Wicked ! |
| 21 | And the lift still moving up through the floors , and no one else getting in , yet , and a voice in Preston 's brain chanting tunelessly … |
| 22 | Salome 's hospital number was still pinned up on the noticeboard alongside the little red book where we are supposed to log our calls . |
| 23 | Fergus took no notice ; he kept on crying , still staring up at the holes in the ceiling . |
| 24 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |
| 25 | For much of that day , everything is put on hold — Nirvana 's soundcheck , interviews , the NME picture session , Teenage Fanclub 's soundcheck , everything — because Kurt is n't around , still holed up with the missus back at the hotel . |
| 26 | In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft . |
| 27 | Visegrad 's streets were deserted yesterday as Serb irregulars exchanged sporadic fire with the handful of Muslim gunmen still holed up in the town . |
| 28 | But as far as the security services are concerned , the Kremlin is still plotting to undermine world capitalism and J. Edgar Hoover is still holed up in the FBI powder room . |
| 29 | It was not a position which enhanced his personal popularity , but while he was still coming up with the stories Murray 's position was unassailable . |
| 30 | People still pay up despite the complete lack of ghosts . |