Example sentences of "[noun] still [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When the door had opened to admit her , the waiting tension still gnawing at him had finally transformed itself into swift action , and he 'd been too busy quitting the bed and judging the right moment to attack to identify the intruder . |
| 4 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
| 5 | Riven pulled his cloak up about his neck , his bones aching and stiff and his legs still complaining about the horse between them . |
| 6 | I shouted , my legs still shaking with fright . |
| 7 | As Dexter staggered out of the door , he saw the superintendent still pondering over Nicola 's letter , her face bathed in the light of her desk lamp . |
| 8 | For the thousands of fans still listening to Stones records today , it 's enough to know Brian Jones ' music . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've probably lain like that with dozens of women , ’ she threw back at him , not caring what she said as long as she could exorcise the intimate pictures still flashing through her mind . |
| 10 | And there 's cranes still standing on an empty river , |
| 11 | Tacitus tells us that this incursion was into the territory of Rome 's allies , and this could place it in the lower Severn , where Caratacus could have linked up with the other group of dissidents in the south-west still smarting from the operations of Vespasian , who with his sea-borne mobility swept right along the south coast , taking the Britons by surprise . |
| 12 | At the foot of the pole the succulent body of the deer lay sprawled , blood still seeping from the severed arteries of its neck . |
| 13 | He took in the blood still dripping from Alexei 's sword , and then his eyes went to the blowpipe in Jehana 's hand . |
| 14 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 15 | The cantata ends with Dido still speaking in the first person . |
| 16 | There were so many loose ends , so many clients still waiting for attention , and she could not let them down . |
| 17 | His B–17 went down after continual attacks , the fighters still firing into him as he continued to fall , until the aircraft suddenly exploded . |
| 18 | ‘ What with all this , and Ken still lying in that bed — ’ She broke off and Tina intervened . |
| 19 | Candy made a show of pressing her lips together and sat back expectantly , a mischievous twinkle still dancing in her eyes . |
| 20 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
| 21 | As the ship resumed its normal course , Lindsey made her way to her cabin , her mind still buzzing with what had been a well handled and straightforward transfer from ship to shore . |
| 22 | She was caught without defences , her mind still playing with the idea of being his darling girl . |
| 23 | Her knees seemed to have turned to water , her mind still reeling under the impact of the devastating revelation which had just come to her . |
| 24 | Whitlock smiled politely , his mind still reeling from the way she had dissected his cover story , piece by piece , until there was nothing left for him to hide behind . |
| 25 | The Tsongas name will remain on future primary ballots as a ‘ ghost ’ candidate , but the former senator from Massachusetts called on supporters still working for him to cease their efforts . |
| 26 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 27 | The big house ( Brigade H.Q ) was also deserted , the transport and the staff had just left , except the jeep still standing in the driveway . |
| 28 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 29 | Now he looked savage , his eyes still glittering with deadly ferocity . |
| 30 | He strolled off to the surgery , Matey still fussing about him . |