Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] was still [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 2 | Bobo was reaching out with her begging gesture again , and he realised that he was still holding the bananas . |
| 3 | She realised that he was still speaking , and she answered vaguely , ‘ Do ? |
| 4 | Lucy looked down and realised that she was still carrying the switchblade . |
| 5 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
| 6 | Mr Wilson added that he was still pursuing the wider issues of the case until it became apparent whether the case of Ian X was unique . |
| 7 | Huy assumed that he was still working on it . |
| 8 | Bludworth stated that he was still considering whether to bring similar charges against NBC News and the New York Times which also disclosed the name of the woman . |
| 9 | The Home Office confirmed that it was still looking for a ‘ parliamentary opportunity ’ to fulfil the promise . |
| 10 | When they returned , the Army found the King continuing to hold dilatory discussions with Parliamentary representatives , but his intercepted correspondence showed that he was still trying to stimulate invasions on his behalf from abroad . |
| 11 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 12 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
| 13 | When she put the glass down , she saw that he was still waiting for a reply . |
| 14 | However , in an interview from his home in the Army 's Dhaka cantonment on Dec. 9 Ershad insisted that he was still planning to contest the forthcoming parliamentary , and possibly presidential , elections . |
| 15 | She walked up the path and leant wearily against the wall while she dug in her bag for her key , then groaned when she remembered that it was still lying on the floor of the car park where she had dropped it . |
| 16 | The Colonel explained that he was still waiting for orders , and the General swore like the trooper he had once been and said that a French officer did not need orders when the enemy was in plain sight . |
| 17 | I opened his razor in the bathroom to rub the powered residue of his beard in my fingers , and wondered if it was still growing on his dead face . |