Example sentences of "that was still " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I arrived down near Leicester Square , found a cafe that was still open and bought myself another cup of tea . |
| 2 | One peasant walked 15 versts to get Yakovlev to act on a building designated for a school that was still occupied by an influential peasant . |
| 3 | The overwhelming majority of peasant communications were oral in nature in a society that was still largely illiterate . |
| 4 | Allowing Britain to buy Polaris also ran counter to Eisenhower 's plan that was still being worked up in Washington for the creation of a mixed-manned European multilateral nuclear force . |
| 5 | Time to get out of there before she was roped in to help , she thought , and sneaked out of the main doors into the deluge that was still cascading down . |
| 6 | She ruffled his hair , pulling out a leaf that was still caught in his curls . |
| 7 | ‘ The worm ! ’ she shouted out in a hoarse voice that was still barely her own . |
| 8 | She scratched , the itch coming with the thought , and looked across at a brig that was still low on the incoming tide . |
| 9 | The sky was a clear , pale dome , covered in the east by a flock of tiny clouds that were already turned to pink by the sun that was still concealed , that had not yet risen . |
| 10 | As he took his handkerchief out and wiped away the water that was still dripping from the front of his hair , a voice said , ‘ I would n't drink that if I were you ; the cows wash in it just round the corner . ’ |
| 11 | … she tried to open her eye — the right one , the one that was still there — and found it glued shut . |
| 12 | Desmond 's wife brought them tea and a sponge cake that was still warm . |
| 13 | Junk of aeons hung aimlessly nearby : strange knobbly skulls of some humanoids reminiscent of irregular , cratered moonlets , an antique plasma gun half melted into slag , broken crates , and a buckled cage that was still confining a corpse dressed in a spotted leotard . |
| 14 | In Vietnam , however , after the war had ended , half of the problem was how to regain half of the country that was still under Chinese occupation and here one might argue , cynically , that the French Union was indispensable . |
| 15 | She had a wound that was still uncomfortable and restricted some of her movements , but once the sutures were removed , the discomfort would gradually decrease . |
| 16 | Andy slammed the heel of his hand off the half of the storm door that was still closed , then fell out into the night . |
| 17 | She glanced from one end of the kitchen to the other , noting the sparkling sink without a cup or plate in sight , and the gleaming table top , then the freshly scrubbed floor that was still damp in the corners ; the coconut matting beneath her feet bristled from its merciless thrashing . |
| 18 | Consisting of off-the-shelf commercial equipment that anyone might buy , it included the Sony video camera that was still signed out to him at the time of his arrest by the FBI in 1990 on a trumped-up passport charge . |
| 19 | The Great River was the highway for many towns and villages ; the only highway that was still safe . |
| 20 | Alders and willows and rich grass and wild rose briars described a great , smooth horseshoe shape that was still hollowed gently into the green earth , with such authority that it had been acknowledged in perpetuity as a natural boundary , and a single large field hemmed within it . |
| 21 | This was a third-trimester bleed from the placenta that was still positioned dangerously low in the womb , partially blocking the cervix , and Belinda knew it was potentially serious . |
| 22 | She 'd always known she possessed a temper , of course ; but , after one horribly painful childhood incident that was still burned into her memory like a scar , she 'd fought hard to master it , refusing ever again to let anger get the better of her . |
| 23 | With a shrug that she hoped looked uncaring , she walked in , removed his jacket that was still round her shoulders , picked up the jeans and shirt she had left out to change into , and went into the bathroom . |
| 24 | ‘ Just bringing my psalter will do for now , ’ Isabel murmured when she could speak again , revelling in the teasing intimacy of lovers that was still so new to her . |
| 25 | The form used was complicated but could not compensate for the deficiencies of information about a population that was still highly mobile and still undergoing the stresses of war . |
| 26 | In a society that was still traditional and oral , personal promises counted for a lot . |
| 27 | De Gaulle opted for Pleven 's solution , on the grounds that the medicine that Mendès-France prescribed was too strong for a nation that was still recovering from its wounds . |
| 28 | To Ken that remark was like a public statement impugning behaviour on his part that was still completely illegal . |
| 29 | Unconsciously she reached out and laid her hand on his arm , wanting in some way to offer comfort for a pain that was still hurting despite the passage of time . |
| 30 | Rory flinched , the unexpected follow-up question hitting a nerve that was still raw even several years on . |