Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he was still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bobo was reaching out with her begging gesture again , and he realised that he was still holding the bananas . |
| 2 | She realised that he was still speaking , and she answered vaguely , ‘ Do ? |
| 3 | Mr Wilson added that he was still pursuing the wider issues of the case until it became apparent whether the case of Ian X was unique . |
| 4 | Huy assumed that he was still working on it . |
| 5 | Bludworth stated that he was still considering whether to bring similar charges against NBC News and the New York Times which also disclosed the name of the woman . |
| 6 | When they returned , the Army found the King continuing to hold dilatory discussions with Parliamentary representatives , but his intercepted correspondence showed that he was still trying to stimulate invasions on his behalf from abroad . |
| 7 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 8 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
| 9 | When she put the glass down , she saw that he was still waiting for a reply . |
| 10 | However , in an interview from his home in the Army 's Dhaka cantonment on Dec. 9 Ershad insisted that he was still planning to contest the forthcoming parliamentary , and possibly presidential , elections . |
| 11 | The Colonel explained that he was still waiting for orders , and the General swore like the trooper he had once been and said that a French officer did not need orders when the enemy was in plain sight . |