Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert whirled round on his mother , suspecting her of some collusion with the child , but , with the wistful fondness of a woman who has finished with childbearing , Mrs Wilson was still gazing at the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees . |
| 2 | Britain was still recovering from the long hard years of the second World War and the population had long felt the pinch of rationing and having to make do . |
| 3 | he was still mulling over the coloured filters . |
| 4 | He was elected to succeed Gaston Mullegg as President of FISA when he was 33 and still competing in the Swiss rowing team . |
| 5 | She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered , bearing a breakfast tray . |
| 6 | And we know , of course , that the Atlantic is still tearing along the dotted line down its centre , albeit very slowly in human terms . |
| 7 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 8 | Far better to change eating habits so that a sensible pattern is established , easing up when a satisfactory weight is reached , but still keeping to the same ‘ right ’ kind of foods . |
| 9 | This was the time at which Harington was still grappling with the improved purification of thyroxine ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're still applying for the wrong jobs , ’ she said , with more than a hint of exasperation . |
| 11 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 12 | A skeletal butler is serving dinner to a seated group of pig-headed mutants , who sit slavering at their table while the butler rolls the intestines of a living , writhing man around a hooked serving fork and serves them , still steaming to the bestial dinner guests . |
| 13 | He was still walking within the rhythmic pulse of an old dream , a vision that had been so wantonly interrupted by the person from Porlock . |
| 14 | The nearest they came to securing the cushion of a two-goal lead came when Rush lobbed the ball into the path of Davenport , who failed to get sufficient power into a shot to beat Walton , who was still deputising for the injured Gunn . |
| 15 | Rain was still driving through the broken window . |
| 16 | — The spirit of cheating reigns supreme amongst us ; — Honesty is still wanting amongst the indigenous businessmen ; — Most of our businessmen are not honest . |
| 17 | While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump . |
| 18 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 19 | The Philippines government , still searching for the estimated £6.5bn that the Marcos family squirreled away , is unimpressed with this fairy tale . |
| 20 | Hereford are still searching for the winning touch … goal man Chris Pike was out of luck on saturday … out of sorts too he went off still feeling the affects of flu … |
| 21 | He will leave the Gemeentemuseum in the The Hague still reverberating from the public debate which he initiated over the de-accessioning of two Picassos from the museum 's collection . |
| 22 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 23 | Midwinter was still looking at the revolting hand . |
| 24 | It is these needs rather than those of the plant which have left us still looking for the right materials . |
| 25 | I think that perhaps some people are still looking for the Great White Hope , as they did in the days of John L. Sullivan , the first black World Heavyweight boxing champion . |
| 26 | Police are still looking for the other man . |
| 27 | Last night , a police spokesman said : ‘ We are still looking for the two boys , aged about 10-14 years … |
| 28 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 29 | The numerical details of the results may not be generally applicable , since the flow was still developing in the downstream direction at the observing station ( and the Reynolds number may not have been high enough for Ri to be the only parameter ) ; but the results should indicate well the general trends . |
| 30 | ‘ An Englishman named Woodhouse introduced winemaking to the town in 1773 , and his firm is still operating from the same premises . |