Example sentences of "was still [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 2 | He was still watching her with that professional expression on his face . |
| 3 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 4 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 5 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 6 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 7 | ‘ You can let me go now , ’ Jenna said stiffly , reminding him that he was still holding her in arms that were beginning to tighten almost imperceptibly . |
| 8 | But it seems that , I mean , redressing a paper that you know what it says is one thing erm so something like Hillman 's Guardian , he knows what words they are going to use in those headlines and he provides them with a new look for saying those words in , but in many ways his redesign of that paper was erm it was an undynamic one in the sense that he was still providing them with elements which they could bolt together to make a page in a classic broadsheet newspaper way . |
| 9 | Even so , Faldo , with a 71 , still finished top European , overtaking Ian Woosnam , who had shared the lead after two rounds and was still sharing it after three holes in the third on Saturday when a storm interrupted play for three hours . |
| 10 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |
| 11 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 12 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
| 13 | At 45 Mainwaring Road the upper maisonette was still advertising itself for sale — no less than six boards competing for the passerby 's attention . |
| 14 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 15 | He was still confronting me in a pugnacious attitude , but at this he took a step back . |
| 16 | The right hon. Gentleman knows — there can be no doubt about it — that , until recently , as the foundations of the poll tax crashed around his ears , he was still proclaiming it to be a remarkable success and something which was here to stay . |
| 17 | 4 ) ‘ My daughter met any other child at playgroup with a resounding thump if they touched ‘ her toy ’ ( because I think her older brother was still treating her to this type of jealousy at home ) . |
| 18 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |