Example sentences of "were still [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their eyelashes were still built up with hot black , mouth open to concentrate . |
| 2 | Shop windows were still frosted over and dustbins lay unemptied in the icy streets . |
| 3 | You were still kept on until he was found . |
| 4 | Contraceptives in Britain were still kept out of sight , even male ones , and had to be purchased rather furtively , like guilty secrets . |
| 5 | For long periods in the past , however , towns and cities did not exist , and yet many , if not most , of the functions which major urban centres fulfil today were still carried out in the landscape . |
| 6 | Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack . |