Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] still [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was still listening to " The Surrey with the Fringe on Top " and " Some Enchanted Evening " , rock and roll burst about my ears . |
| 2 | I thought I was doing what I , and I alone , wanted to do , but my pursuit of academic superiority shows that I was still striving to be the person my parents wanted me to be . |
| 3 | She was still bent to the Dobermann when she discovered that she needed a moment to control a knot of emotion that came from the thought that she would see neither the dog nor its owner again . |
| 4 | Jenny had always lived with her parents , and even at the age of twenty-five , she was still tied to the apron strings . |
| 5 | Then , realising she was still clinging to his arm , she snatched her hand away and moved to the other side of the path . |
| 6 | He shifted under her , sliding her away so that she was still bound to him by the steel bands of his arms , but was now lying by his side . |
| 7 | About half of the sixty-five guests had wandered through into the lecture hall , but since Anthea was due to give the address and she was still talking to the professor , there was time to spare . |
| 8 | On entering the house , the defendant said that he was unhappy at Paulette 's having married Zaidie and that he was going to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate and would shoot Paulette if she had married while she was still talking to the defendant ( the date of the marriage was actually 10 December 1986 ) . |
| 9 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 11 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |
| 12 | She was still whispering to the gibbon to soothe it , but her innocent face was puzzled , as though she could not quite grasp everything that had happened . |
| 13 | Our landlady , a Mrs Brown , seemed pleasant and reasonable , and we were still contented to be in Bedford , although we had discovered that there was one disadvantage — the Americans . |
| 14 | We were still confined to our trenches due to the bombardment which continued for some time . |
| 15 | Of course not ; at that stage , they were still clinging to the poll tax . |
| 16 | So they 're still , they were still keeping to their aims of achieving greater equality , it was just not absolute equality egalitarianism . |
| 17 | Today at an emergency meeting with Union Leaders to discuss their future , they were still coming to terms with the shock of redundancy . |
| 18 | It was still early days but he stressed they were still committed to the scheme and had confidence in its future . |
| 19 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |
| 20 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |
| 21 | During the first part of the 20th century , because of its proximity to Nailsworth Station , it became known as Station Mill , although it was still referred to locally by its old name . |
| 22 | Unemployment levels had improved , falling to 9.7 per cent from 10.6 the previous year , while inflation had increased to 3.1 per cent in 1989 ( 1.2 per cent in 1988 ) but it was still considered to be under control . |
| 23 | Then she realised he was still speaking to her . |
| 24 | After about eight weeks he was discharged home , although he was still confined to a wheelchair . |
| 25 | While he was still talking to that woman , the dhāmi 's body slowly began to relax . |
| 26 | When he led the England A side in Pakistan , early last year , he was still thought to be a limited captain , possibly through limited self-belief . |