Example sentences of "he was still [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past . |
| 2 | At the beginning of his latest resurrection , he was still insisting on wooden rackets , which , flattering though it was to the Cambridge stockists who were able to supply him , made Borg look a little like something out of an Ealing Comedy . |
| 3 | In 1915 he was still experimenting with different styles . |
| 4 | I suspect he was still smarting about last year 's Which ? report which put the AA slowest at reaching stranded motorists . |
| 5 | While he was still talking to that woman , the dhāmi 's body slowly began to relax . |
| 6 | He was still supplemented by special ambassadors sent for short periods for particular purposes , though their functions became more and more purely formal . |
| 7 | When he was seventeen years old , he was still playing with wooden blocks . |
| 8 | He was still dreaming of nuclear powered aircraft . |