Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] still [verb] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly she giggled and I realised I was still holding her fingers . |
| 2 | She looked Asian , the only Asian on the check-out that day , and she was taking her time as she was still learning her way around . |
| 3 | She was still wearing her Sunday clothes , black coat over a long dress , with matching gloves , hat and bag ; every Sunday she remembered those dear to her who had died — every Sunday she mourned . |
| 4 | She was still wearing her school uniform and her socks were round her ankles . |
| 5 | She was still wearing her riding-clothes and the bright-pink polo-necked jersey matched the colour in her cheeks . |
| 6 | Then she leaned against it , realising that in spite of the fact that she was still wearing her ski jacket in the warm flat , she was shivering again . |
| 7 | She was still wearing her apron which , evidently , she had been using to wipe away her tears ; as a result there were grease marks all over her face , giving her the appearance of a participant in a minstrel show . |
| 8 | She was still reading her magazine . |
| 9 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 10 | It was still darkening her brows when she marched back through to the living-room , her back ramrod-straight . |
| 11 | He was still holding her arm , and she was very aware that it would be the easiest thing in the world to embrace him again , while he was still looking so handsome . |
| 12 | And then realizing he was still holding her hand , she gently disengaged it . |
| 13 | He was still holding her hand , his fingers moving against hers , the action an odd mix of soothing and exciting . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , wondering why he was still holding her hand . |
| 15 | He was still holding her hand and once again lifted it to his lips to brush his mouth across the back of it . |
| 16 | He was still wearing her father 's patched chausses and cotte , the short , rusty brown one she had mended for him ; it needed more mending now . |