Example sentences of "still [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " 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 | Despite everything , a lot of burglaries are still carried out via the front door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 5 | Nemesis had still come down like the wolf on the fold . |
| 6 | A solid snake of people still wound back along the north shore of the loch . |
| 7 | Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The last thing I want after the programme is to be still caught up in the atmosphere of the studio . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was still pumped up after the brief battle . |
| 13 | I 'd been yo-yoing up and down a rollercoaster for the best part of an hour and I was still hung over from the phial of ‘ Renshenfengwangjiang ’ — a potent blend of panax ginseng and royal bee jelly — that Michael Willis had persuaded me to drink for breakfast . |
| 14 | Nigel still hung on to the wedding ring . |
| 15 | The actual negotiations are still carded out by the various enterprise unions themselves and the role of the national union federations remains very limited . |
| 16 | Although all staff will have been through a thorough central basic training course ( see Chapter 6 ) much additional training and supervision is still needed back in the bureau . |
| 17 | Finally I turned and started back , not conscious of anything , my mind still locked in on the impression the place had made so that I only vaguely heard a voice calling me . |
| 18 | The obvious thing to do with such an important heiress was to betroth her to one of his sons and the fact that he chose his third son , Geoffrey , shows that Richard was still marked out as the future Duke of Aquitaine . |
| 19 | Salome 's hospital number was still pinned up on the noticeboard alongside the little red book where we are supposed to log our calls . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Visegrad 's streets were deserted yesterday as Serb irregulars exchanged sporadic fire with the handful of Muslim gunmen still holed up in the town . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Stalls are still set out in the open air and the market place is hemmed in by shops , banks and public houses whose frontages still respect the ancient property boundaries . |
| 25 | By the end of 90 minutes I was close to the tosh school , but still buoyed up by the work 's genuine pleasures ; the unflagging force of its energy , the wit of its timing and the comic unlikeliness of some of its performers . |
| 26 | From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce . |
| 27 | Is it still lined up with the door edge ? |
| 28 | It was still switched through to the secretary 's office , and it took an infuriatingly long time to get a line . |
| 29 | And as for those alter-egos , his trade name ‘ Samuel Northcliffe ’ still cropped up in the financial and marketing press . |
| 30 | INDIAN wonder boy Sachin Tendulkar wrote his name into the Yorkshire record books with a 69-ball century at Headingley yesterday — but still ended up on the losing side . |