Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [prep] [art] [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 | 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 . |
3 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
4 | He shook his head , still gazing at the patterns of sunshine on the grass outside the hut . |
5 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
6 | 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 . ’ |
7 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
8 | Barry is forty two this week , he 's still recovering from a heart attack , but the stress of the last four months have kept him smoking . |
9 | The Henley MP could n't give a speech because he 's still recovering from a heart attack . |
10 | Here , and probably only from the air , it is possible to make out a large area , still recovering from a heather fire which several years ago set alight the peaty turf which burned below the surface for several weeks . |
11 | David , who 's still recovering from a knee injury , says his brief experience of disability has helped him appreciate what others go through . |
12 | They all looked and saw that Mildred 's feet , still recovering from the invisibility potion , had not yet reappeared , even though she had changed back to her usual self . |
13 | The first , St Joseph 's in Marton Road , had space for 200 children but objected since it is still recovering from the effects of housing another primary school following a major fire . |
14 | ( A more restrained Bristol is concentrating on lutes — presumably still recovering from the bagpipes . ) |
15 | Graf 's withdrawal would be a major blow to Wimbledon , with Monica Seles whom she deposed from the top of the world rankings in Paris still recovering from the knife attack in Hamburg on April 30 . |
16 | In contrast to the boundless optimism of the 1960s the country was still recovering from the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate and undergo-ing a crisis of confidence in both political leaders and institutions . |
17 | Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken . |
18 | She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy . |
19 | It 's not something the average student would expect to come up on the sylabus and Katharine 's still recovering from the shock . |
20 | As hospital staff try to get rid of the last traces of CS gas from the department many are still recovering from the ordeal , which left them and a number of their patients suffering the effects of the gas . |
21 | Toni Halliday , the group 's charismatic vocalist , absent today , is probably still recovering from the nightmare that was her first band , State Of Play . |
22 | He 's still recovering from the knee injury which put him in hospital last February . |
23 | It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ . |
24 | In the case of the London Metal Exchange ( LME ) , still recovering from the collapse of the tin market in 1985 , this involved a major restructuring , including the introduction of new transparency and clearing systems . |
25 | The cookhouse was only fifty yards away and was open from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm ; at 1.15 pm we were still hobbling round the block in an abdominal crouch with our hands behind our heads . |
26 | She was still resting on the bed . |
27 | When he had gone , Li Yuan turned back to his father , smiling , one hand still resting on the Andalusian 's smooth , strong neck . |
28 | Tom Holdfast turned slowly in his chair , his finger still resting on the button which he seemed so loath to irrevocably press . |
29 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |
30 | Dexter was still mulling over the scene in which Nicola pretended she was taking drugs . |