Example sentences of "still [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downstairs , Julie looked across and saw Stark hit the floor , her attention diverted only momentarily from the blows still raining against the door . |
| 2 | The result was that as an adult I was still reacting as a four-year-old child . |
| 3 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 4 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 5 | He shook his head , still gazing at the patterns of sunshine on the grass outside the hut . |
| 6 | Robert whirled round on his mother , suspecting her of some collusion with the child , but , with the wistful fondness of a woman who has finished with childbearing , Mrs Wilson was still gazing at the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees . |
| 7 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 8 | While still leafing through the statements he turned to Sara : ‘ We have a witness who claims to have seen you in Alexandra Road after eleven on Saturday night , and you may know that a woman was seen going in by the back door of this house at half-past . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm still eating in a guilty , uncomfortable way : huge amounts one day , then fasting or taking laxatives the next . |
| 10 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 11 | Mr Honecker , 77 and still recovering from a gall-bladder operation , has so far flatly rejected all notions of change . |
| 12 | Llewellyn , who is attached to the Tim Forster stable , was really third choice for the mount on Party Politics , as injured Andrew Adams , 27 , was still recovering from a broken knee , and Richard Dunwoody , who had also ridden the gelding , was committed to Brown Windsor . |
| 13 | The winner carried the famous ‘ Teaplanter ’ colours of owner Richard Russell who missed the ride as he is still recovering from a bad early season fall . |
| 14 | Here , and probably only from the air , it is possible to make out a large area , still recovering from a heather fire which several years ago set alight the peaty turf which burned below the surface for several weeks . |
| 15 | Sir Roger was still recovering from a bad car accident just before Christmas . |
| 16 | Mick Lyons has departed the scene , All Ireland captain Liam Hayes is still recovering from a broken arm , although one of the sport 's enduring personalities Colm O'Rourke has rejoined the squad after a 10 month absence . |
| 17 | Barry is forty two this week , he 's still recovering from a heart attack , but the stress of the last four months have kept him smoking . |
| 18 | David , who 's still recovering from a knee injury , says his brief experience of disability has helped him appreciate what others go through . |
| 19 | The Henley MP could n't give a speech because he 's still recovering from a heart attack . |
| 20 | Britain was still recovering from the long hard years of the second World War and the population had long felt the pinch of rationing and having to make do . |
| 21 | It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ . |
| 22 | ( A more restrained Bristol is concentrating on lutes — presumably still recovering from the bagpipes . ) |
| 23 | Toni Halliday , the group 's charismatic vocalist , absent today , is probably still recovering from the nightmare that was her first band , State Of Play . |
| 24 | They all looked and saw that Mildred 's feet , still recovering from the invisibility potion , had not yet reappeared , even though she had changed back to her usual self . |
| 25 | Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken . |
| 26 | In contrast to the boundless optimism of the 1960s the country was still recovering from the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate and undergo-ing a crisis of confidence in both political leaders and institutions . |
| 27 | In the case of the London Metal Exchange ( LME ) , still recovering from the collapse of the tin market in 1985 , this involved a major restructuring , including the introduction of new transparency and clearing systems . |
| 28 | She was still recovering from the shock of that earlier bout of jealousy . |
| 29 | He smiled , his eyes taking in her shiny hair , silky dress and everything else about her , and , while Leith was still recovering from the ‘ darling ’ , he placed a firm , possessive hand on her elbow and guided her into the room . |
| 30 | As hospital staff try to get rid of the last traces of CS gas from the department many are still recovering from the ordeal , which left them and a number of their patients suffering the effects of the gas . |