Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he accompanied their tumbrils without a word , his eyes blank and bloodshot , his fur slicked down , his ears still flattened against his skull . |
| 2 | Yet questions remain about those many schools still locked in the traditional relationship of ‘ casual acquaintances ’ or ‘ bureaucrat and claimant ’ discussed earlier . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She looked up at him in confusion , her body still trembling , lips still swollen from his kiss . |
| 6 | In the 1970s , most Keynesians , monetarists and marxists still believed firmly in the validity of their diagnoses and the efficacy of their remedies . |
| 7 | However , doubts still remained about the safety of an estimated 1,000 foreign nationals who had chosen to remain in Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 8 | The two large propeller fans still rotated slowly above the room , the prostitutes still mingled with the foreign journalists and Jenkins was still behind the counter . |
| 9 | And if any of his fans still needed convincing , they had only to look into the happy , laughing face of his adoring wife Jean , at his side as she has been since his horrific car accident nearly three months ago . |
| 10 | Vulgrin 's castles still held out but Richard ignored them and turned against Viscount Aimar . |
| 11 | Inland a handful of castles still held out . |
| 12 | Restoration England 's improved agriculture made famine a thing of the past , though temporary shortages still caused suffering . |
| 13 | While the Ministry of Finance energetically fostered industrialization , the other ministries still pursued conservative social policies which ignored or even impeded economic change . |
| 14 | Support for the BSP , led by former BCP ideology chief Alexander Lilov , was strongest in the countryside , where communists in local party or mayoral offices still dominated politics . |
| 15 | If anaphoric ambiguities still remained , a set of very general , shallow heuristics , not described here , were invoked to resolve them . |
| 16 | But her screams still echoed in his ears , ringing out into the night , summoning all his enemies , the whole world , who only wanted this opportunity to hound him , to tear him . |
| 17 | He took a small pin from the sleeve of his doublet and began to scrape between the yellow stumps until he extracted small , grey fragments still wet with mucus . |
| 18 | The depressing facts of the matter are that in those sectors still covered by the councils , areas like shops and catering and laundries , security and administration , people are already working punishing shifts for pittances because their employers know the chances of being caught dispensing illegal hourly rates are minimal as are the resultant fines in those few cases successfully brought to prosecution . |
| 19 | Anton lay sprawled out , his thighs still closed . |
| 20 | She was surprised how bare the gardens had become , except for the lopsided apple tree in the lower orchard whose branches still carried a crop of apples shimmering like tiny brassy moons . |
| 21 | EVEN IN an increasingly selfish world I thought that cricket-lovers still retained some reputation for being a bit more fair-minded and generous than most , Vince Hughes 's letter ( WCM May ) makes me wonder . |
| 22 | Despite his good intentions , and despite the more rational management principles and institutions introduced by Speranskii , the actual administration of Siberia , the manner of its economic exploitation , the low levels of popular enlightenment , the permanently suppurating sore of the exile system , the treatment of the native population — which still ranged from the paternalistic to the spasmodically genocidal — and the survival of traditional ‘ imperialist ’ attitudes in St Petersburg , meant that in practice the old core-periphery , metropolis-frontier relationships still remained in force , and Siberia continued to be treated and governed in a manner which reflected its original quasi-colonial status . |
| 23 | Because , for the past twelve months , Myra had been able to remember these facts , she could not understand why her difficulties about relationships still persisted . |
| 24 | His head jerked round and he was just in time to see the pack stream out from the bushes only thirty yards away , noses still glued to the invisible trail they were following , and lope swiftly towards the house . |
| 25 | Besides , her arms were still on fire from where he had lifted her and her nipples still burned from that brief contact with his chest . |
| 26 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
| 27 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , making a public apology for Ukraine 's part in the massacre , acknowledged for the first time that Babi Yar had been primarily a massacre of Jews , and commentators noted that the ceremony was also a way of emphasising the government 's insistence on minority rights in Ukraine ( where 500,000 Jews still lived ) . |
| 28 | At the fifteenth , John , his eyes still shut , said , ‘ What 's that one then . ’ |
| 29 | With her eyes still crossed , she stuck her tongue out and tried to curl it upwards . |
| 30 | A wry , self-mocking smile playing about her mouth , her eyes still riveted on thick dark hair , she asked absently , ‘ So who is he , this man who follows unknown women ? |