Example sentences of "was still [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 2 | A survey by Hay Management Consultants estimates that boardroom pay in Britain was still rising at an annual rate of 10–14% in the last six months of 1990 , although profits had long been tumbling . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was very discursive : his lectures on Augustine , the date of whose birth he was still discussing at the end of term , contrived to include a list of books on the law of tort . |
| 7 | Their argument a few days ago was still hovering at the back of her mind , still had the power , in fact , to make her cringe with shame , and it lent an edge of petulance to all her answers to his questions . |
| 8 | Some reports put this around 1880 , but others claim the mill was still operating at the turn of the 20th century . |
| 9 | He was still tugging at the branch . |
| 10 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 11 | John was still looking at the photograph . |
| 12 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 13 | She was still looking at the door . |
| 14 | She was still looking at the ceiling : ‘ Things like that just do n't exist , ’ she said to herself . |
| 15 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 16 | Midwinter was still looking at the revolting hand . |
| 17 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 18 | I was still seething at the injustice of Oliver Moreton 's attitude to me . |
| 19 | It became clear that Iran was still aiming at a battlefield victory , posing specific preconditions for an end to the war : reparations and the removal of Saddam and his entire regime . |
| 20 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 21 | By 1850 , Abel was still assisting at the college , whereas Mansfield was preparing his naphtha fractions elsewhere and was eagerly looking for socially useful outlets for his products . |
| 22 | The dead and bloated cow was still lying at the entrance to the field . |
| 23 | Maxie was still staring at a half cup of coffee . |
| 24 | I heard the iron door go ( I was still staring at the wall ) but no bolts . |
| 25 | Gran was still staring at the ceiling . |
| 26 | Rachel was still staring at the paper . |
| 27 | The dome of Santiaguito in Guatemala has been growing ever since 1922 , and was still growing at the time of writing . |
| 28 | The young air hostess was still standing at the front of the plane with her machine gun . |
| 29 | Hanging over the increasingly tense political situation throughout May was the fate of more than 100 prisoners taking part in a mass hunger strike which began on May 1 and was still continuing at the end of the month . |