Example sentences of "still [vb past] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | John himself was in no hurry to get married , he still lived with his mother in a small working man 's house in Moss Side and enjoyed a good social life . |
2 | The weakness still lived in his body but his urge to draw was reviving , he could feel it . |
3 | Ninagawa , still coiled on his chair , gazes at the ceiling . |
4 | But a film of excited , creative thought still interposed between his body and the woman , the tree , the lamp and the street before him . |
5 | As a middle-aged bishop he was reluctant to believe that miracles still happened in his world as they had in the time of the Lord and his apostles . |
6 | Carrington , when they landed , was tinged with blue at his extremities , and could not hear his own teeth chattering because of the engine-thunder that still rang inside his skull . |
7 | But instead of looking at her , he was staring down at her hand where it still lay on his arm . |
8 | Owen had then Adam and three others still marshalled at his back , not one of them whole , though these at least could stand and go . |
9 | Even so , there was a developing duality in her feelings towards Johnny , and though she still longed for his presence , she feared it , too . |
10 | The Headmaster still had on his gown and he flapped in the wind like a bat as he charged across the grass . |
11 | Thinking of Lee made him remember Uncle Walter 's medals that he still had in his pocket . |
12 | Nevertheless , the frown still hovered about his brow , indicating that inner thoughts — or memories — still raised their heads to nag at him . |
13 | His wrist still throbbed from his fight with the Big Chicken but it seemed to be the only part of him that still had feeling ; the rest had retired bleeding but numbed into some secret cave of its own . |
14 | Ari squinted up at him , still nestled against his chest . |
15 | Shadows of it still remained at his trial , two years later ; although his lawyer had evidently advised him to tone down the certitude of righteousness , it would slip out . |
16 | He still smarted from his treatment at the military prison , but realised that he must try to control his violent nature if he was to amount to anything . |
17 | Seb rode to where Noah Plunkett still sat on his sheepskin ‘ throne ’ , giving the impression he had remained in the same place since the wedding party began . |
18 | Some passion he still held for his fiancée ? |
19 | She glanced at the screwdriver he still held in his hand . |