Example sentences of "his [noun] still [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The condition of his sister still playing on his mind , young Jefferies had fled , saying nothing to anyone until he had read of the seriousness of the crime . |
| 2 | Clinton murmured , his eyes still fixed on the device . |
| 3 | ‘ Had enough of men for the time being ? ’ he asked , his eyes still fixed on her unhappy face . |
| 4 | He was leaning back , his eyes still fixed on the picture , and his cheeks were wet . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , all gone , ’ the lad replied , his eyes still fixed on Philomel 's tail . |
| 6 | She rubbed the back of her hand over her mouth in a vain bid to obliterate the taste and touch of his lips still tingling on hers . |
| 7 | The ex-soldier had n't moved , his big hands resting on his knees , his feet still propped on the canvas bag . |
| 8 | He launched himself over the edge , going into free-fall , his feet still planted on his board . |
| 9 | For his days still went on the toys and his evenings on the puppets , in dangerous and uneasy silence , down there . |
| 10 | And with his attention still focused on the Republic his Lordship spoke in glowing terms of the ‘ exciting and imaginative report ’ , the South 's Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh and his team had prepared on their food industry . |
| 11 | Through dazed , clouded eyes she gazed up at him , the taste of his kiss still tingling on her mouth , her heart beating an erratic tattoo within her breast . |
| 12 | Tom Holdfast turned slowly in his chair , his finger still resting on the button which he seemed so loath to irrevocably press . |