Example sentences of "still [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fight to save wildlife still goes on in the Shetlands . |
| 2 | We can assure the world that the spirit of wartime Liverpool still lives on in the young taxi drivers , news vendors , waiters , waitresses and the police . |
| 3 | Nigel still hung on to the wedding ring . |
| 4 | The loss of Acre in 1291 had a symbolic significance for all the nobilities of western Europe , but a sense of unfulfilled obligation still lingered on in the testamentary dispositions of Gascon nobles . |
| 5 | Negotiations over the final contract were still going on as the first DinDisc releases appeared . |
| 6 | Montrose House would of course not be the only cost-effective alternative but it does give some idea of the scandalous waste of resources which is still going on in the semi-State sector . |
| 7 | The Persians had been driven from Greece not many years before the temple was begun , and the fight to free Greeks from them was still going on in the east . |
| 8 | However , some natural change has gone on and is still going on in the country , and physical changes need to be anticipated in any local study . |
| 9 | The Athenians did not , however , lose sight of the Persian War which , in accordance with the propaganda of 478 , was still going on throughout the 470s . |
| 10 | ‘ We are not going to stop our style of play , we are a free-running side who want to score tries and even if we come unstuck against good sides with well-organised defences we will still keep on with the kind of game which we know pleases the fans . ’ |
| 11 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 12 | It was Gazzer , still clinging on like a monkey and kicking out at Simon , who was dragging him back . |
| 13 | He turned and charged quickly off into the forest to rescue his friend , only to find a German splayed out on the ground and Tommy still running on up the hill . |
| 14 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 15 | Indeed , both he and Valentine see the needs of teleworking providing additional momentum behind the delivery of solutions that would have an equally telling effect on the use of technology that would still go on inside the office . |
| 16 | From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce . |
| 17 | She had been packed for a day or so , but had realized as she took a last look round that her fridge was still switched on with a bottle of milk inside . |
| 18 | She dumped the bouquets she was still carrying on to the passenger-seat . |
| 19 | It seemed that the sad little snipe were the victims of a blood lust still carrying on from the heyday of Victorian game hunting . |
| 20 | And now a shabby mischance had destroyed it , knocked down the precarious walls of my prison , I still sat on in the wreckage and kept my eyes closed , safe behind broken bars . |
| 21 | However , after many experiences and two marriages , the character still comes on like an idiot boy during the second meeting with Dunaway in a brothel , making Benjamin Braddock seem like Don Juan by contrast . |