Example sentences of "was still [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was still wearing her apron which , evidently , she had been using to wipe away her tears ; as a result there were grease marks all over her face , giving her the appearance of a participant in a minstrel show . |
| 2 | Then she leaned against it , realising that in spite of the fact that she was still wearing her ski jacket in the warm flat , she was shivering again . |
| 3 | When found , she was still wearing her plum-coloured anorak , but her blue jeans are missing . |
| 4 | She was still wearing her school uniform and her socks were round her ankles . |
| 5 | She was still wearing her Sunday clothes , black coat over a long dress , with matching gloves , hat and bag ; every Sunday she remembered those dear to her who had died — every Sunday she mourned . |
| 6 | She was still wearing her riding-clothes and the bright-pink polo-necked jersey matched the colour in her cheeks . |
| 7 | She was still wearing her slinky felinoid disguise , with mask , but I knew it was her . |
| 8 | He was still wearing her father 's patched chausses and cotte , the short , rusty brown one she had mended for him ; it needed more mending now . |
| 9 | Buddie was still wearing his working clothes , though his big wellington boots with the turned-down tops were standing in the yard outside the kitchen door . |
| 10 | A story about a R.A.F. Flight-Sergeant who noticed that a recruit was still wearing his hat in church . |
| 11 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
| 12 | He was still wearing his own clothes , too . |
| 13 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 14 | He was still wearing his Old Carthusian tie . |
| 15 | JASON LIVINGSTON last night was still protesting his innocence after being kicked out of athletics for four years and banned from the Olympics for life . |
| 16 | My son , I began to fear , was still kicking his heels on a fog-bound airport in Birmingham . |
| 17 | Blue was still howling his sorrow to the world , and she slipped in to comfort him . |
| 18 | Back in New York , John Wilcock was still writing his column , still hanging out with the Realist 's Paul Krassner , and had moved from New York Times travel writing to travel books , indeed an opus on Mexico had begun to open — or dilate — his eyes to drugs . |
| 19 | The committee was still discussing its response to crucial aspects of the first inspection when the next inspection process commenced in May this year . |
| 20 | I was still obeying my father when the war came , so it was Hitler who really promoted my release . |
| 21 | It was still fulfilling its traditional functions of looking after overseas governments and acting as a purchasing agency for them — and indeed it did administer World Bank and British Government overseas development loans . |
| 22 | Malpass was still clutching his leg , using his hands as a tourniquet . |
| 23 | The Sheffield Wednesday boss was still catching his breath from Saturday 's six-goal thriller with Chelsea . |
| 24 | As they tried to make their way out of a carpark , the attendant was still taking their 20p parking fees . |
| 25 | Soon after a story started going round that Mrs Sugar was still taking her usual walk out on Saturday evenings . |
| 26 | Soon after a story started going round that Mrs Sugar was still taking her usual walk out on Saturday evenings . |
| 27 | Adventure Story was still taking its toll . |
| 28 | The north wind was still blowing , Randy Rarick was still biting his nails , and surfers patrolled the Kam Highway , boards poking out of jeeps , strapped to cars , balanced on bicycles , searching in vain for rideable waves . |
| 29 | While ploughing or sowing his field , he was still pushing his enquiries into the operations of nature . |
| 30 | She looked Asian , the only Asian on the check-out that day , and she was taking her time as she was still learning her way around . |