Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er on Friday Mike was talking to Rob Rob was at dad 's so Mike was standing talking to them , but my ears still flapped . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've stopped , ’ she said vaguely , her ears still ringing . |
| 3 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 4 | His ears still have that ringing that seems to have become part of his headache . |
| 5 | Yet he accompanied their tumbrils without a word , his eyes blank and bloodshot , his fur slicked down , his ears still flattened against his skull . |
| 6 | If suicide were a way of getting rid of undesirable genetic characteristics , why do strandings still occur ? |
| 7 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 8 | They might well have done a thousand years ago , but the Imperial Age converted that horizontal relationship into a vertical one so that Sri Lankan schools still teach vertical history ‘ Ceylon Under British Rule ’ and Senegal continues its cultural obsession with France . |
| 9 | Yet questions remain about those many schools still locked in the traditional relationship of ‘ casual acquaintances ’ or ‘ bureaucrat and claimant ’ discussed earlier . |
| 10 | Many diverse schools still come from Okinawa , but it is generally accepted that the mainstay of much of the karate that is practised in the world today is the original shotokan style , brought from Okinawa to Japan by karate 's modern-day founder and innovator , Gichin Funakoshi . |
| 11 | In any case , for as long as they remain as powerful as they are and until the country is ready for a proper comprehensive system the grammar school should be preserved : ‘ It would , moreover , be absurd from a socialist point of view to close down the grammar school , while leaving the public schools still holding their present commanding position . |
| 12 | Many primary schools still go under the title of junior mixed infant , a very curious and old fashioned title . |
| 13 | The quality of schools still varies widely . |
| 14 | At this date schools still meant places where masters of repute might be found , but the masters might well move on to other cities taking their pupils with them . |
| 15 | First things first : schools still need a speedy mechanism for getting rid of those guilty of gross misconduct , negligence and incompetence . |
| 16 | Many schools still have a remedial department or are visited by peripatetic remedial teachers who withdraw children for extra tuition in reading with little time for consultation with school staff . |
| 17 | Fewer than one in ten of LEAs in England and Wales have conducted thorough language surveys , which means that we can assume that most schools still have less than adequate knowledge about the languages and dialects known to their pupils . |
| 18 | Given that HEBS has only recently moved from a topics-based approach , it is not surprising that schools still see the role of the health board in terms of help with specific topics and current health problems . |
| 19 | While this was a huge boost to such manufacturers as Acorn and Research Machines , it meant that British schools still found themselves committed to relatively basic , 8-bit technology at a time when the rest of Europe was establishing a base of more powerful 16-bit MS-DOS technology . |
| 20 | Nutritionists and cartographers still draw the so-called ‘ hunger line ’ through Asia and the Americas ; the poorer people who live in those countries that are sandwiched between Mexico and Chile , and between North Korea and New Guinea , exist on diets of fewer than 2,250 calories a day , and thus go to bed each night hungry . |
| 21 | Before the Berlinetta Speciale most sports cars still had the engine in the front . |
| 22 | A last few cars still bleed in from the next town . |
| 23 | Their cars still compete in historic events . |
| 24 | It was some way from the lodging , and Paul 's attentions still made walking difficult ; it would not do to arrive dishevelled and swaying , and she had to use some of Mrs Gracie 's money on a cab . |
| 25 | Her mouth felt soft and pliant ; her lips still throbbed . |
| 26 | She looked up at him in confusion , her body still trembling , lips still swollen from his kiss . |
| 27 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 28 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Whilst many organizations still see the prime role of the sales representative as that of generating sales , there is an increasing trend which sees the representative in a wider marketing role , which emphasises the profit responsibility of the position . |