Example sentences of "were still [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain saw they were still to go on pretending Foucard and Denis understood no English . |
| 2 | He took a handkerchief from the pocket of his trousers which were still hanging on a hook behind him . |
| 3 | Granny 's neighbours were still looking on , watching for further developments , because they all knew Mum 's temper . |
| 4 | You were still kept on until he was found . |
| 5 | Meetings were still going on in Manchester in a last-minute attempt to avoid today 's scheduled hearing in the High Court . |
| 6 | Talks were still going on between Knighton and his stockbrokers Laing & Cruickshank last night to prepare an offer document before tonight 's midnight deadline . |
| 7 | Negotiations over the final contract were still going on as the first DinDisc releases appeared . |
| 8 | We must remember , however , that just as all the alpine chains of Europe are now known to have been still pushing forward over the molasse in late Miocene times , so in places such as the Apennines , movements were still going on as late as Quaternary times . |