Example sentences of "his [noun] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The condition of his sister still playing on his mind , young Jefferies had fled , saying nothing to anyone until he had read of the seriousness of the crime . |
| 2 | When the Oxford academic Henry Foulis declared in 1671 that ‘ Treason [ is ] the sign of the true Roman religion ’ , he was expressing an opinion that the great majority of his contemporaries still accepted without question . |
| 3 | He had n't thought so , but his insides still ached briefly . |
| 4 | The metal cool against his palms , his heart still pummelling , he drew the fresh dawn air into his lungs . |
| 5 | His heart still beat , and a dew of sweat lay on his forehead . |
| 6 | His fingers still gripped the edge of the door , his small body was pressed against it . |
| 7 | Berdichev shivered but stood straighter , his skin still tingling from the shower . |
| 8 | One of his sons still works in the packing department at the mill — now owned by . |
| 9 | Although his chains still held him tight , the slavers grabbed him and burnt him with searing irons . |
| 10 | With three years of his contract still to run , he should beat that easily . |
| 11 | All the same , rumblings of discontent have been detectable around Wantage Road over the past few weeks , prompting conjecture over a parting of the ways between Northamptonshire and their prized import , even though his contract still has a year to run . |
| 12 | His mum still lives in Darlington . |
| 13 | Mr Boesky 's return to his old haunts comes with four months of his sentence still to run . |
| 14 | The worst of it passed , but his teeth still chattered feebly . |
| 15 | ‘ That should clean it , ’ he grated , his teeth still clenched . |
| 16 | It is said that his ghost still haunts the crypts below the tower and occasionally assists searching scholars . |
| 17 | Rory straightened his tie , and with his whisky still burning in his throat , and now his stomach too , he moved along to the gap in the curtains and slid through , back into the ballroom , where people sat drinking at long wooden tables and groups of dancers went whirling round in complicated , ever-changing patterns , all flowing dresses and clasping hands and big red sweaty faces and white shirts and ties and narrow trousers or — even worse — kilts . |
| 18 | His chest still rising and falling spasmodically , the youth came across the pavement and climbed into the car . |
| 19 | ‘ What ? ’ said Rincewind , his chest still heaving . |
| 20 | The situation is that Gaius Seius becomes heir to a half , and Mucius and Maevius to the other half : the logic of the problem makes clear that they are substitutes ( both pupillary and vulgar ) for the half originally destined for the children ; and since Gaius Seius has not been disinherited his entitlement still stands , as the text confirms . |
| 21 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 22 | He stumbled through , his mouth still covered by the scarf , using his hat to cover his face . |
| 23 | Even though his mouth still screamed throughout . |
| 24 | His mouth still quirked in the aftermath of his laughter , and she wished that he would move away from the top step so that she could pass him . |
| 25 | When Edward III wished to offer an especially lavish girt of twelve table vessels of pure gold , a great cup and ewer , twenty-four spoons , and forks ‘ on which to hold meat ’ to Pope Benedict XII on the eve of the Hundred Years War in 1337 , his agent still bought them in Paris . |
| 26 | It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper . |
| 27 | Jaruzelski , who had five years of his term still to run , stated in a letter read to parliament on July 28 that he would make his intentions known once there had been a debate on the timing of presidential and parliamentary elections . |
| 28 | Anton lay sprawled out , his thighs still closed . |
| 29 | And when all has been said and done , the fact remains that a player must serve his ban while his club still has games to play , be it in the league or cup . |
| 30 | Riven pulled his cloak up about his neck , his bones aching and stiff and his legs still complaining about the horse between them . |