Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] still [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hair still wet from the shower , |
| 2 | My sister still lives in Berkhamsted , where she and I had grown up and where she and John had subsequently made their home . |
| 3 | Like , the kids were my kids ' age , and , like , my kids still believe in Santa . |
| 4 | With my mouth still submerged in water , I resemble a surly alligator . |
| 5 | A few days ago I had gotten ill and my legs still feel like thin stilts . |
| 6 | I shouted , my legs still shaking with fright . |
| 7 | Currently , all three remaining members of My Captains still live in Oxford . |
| 8 | My daughter still lives with her father . |
| 9 | My children still play in rooms near my attic but they know that usually I will be angry if I am disturbed . |
| 10 | I felt very alone at that moment , stuck there on that track somewhere in the Andes , my body chill with sweat and my hands still trembling with the nervous tension of getting safely through the rutted mud of the bend . |
| 11 | In the last game when we lost two players in the same position the last thing I wanted was to come to a quick decision with my brain still buzzing after a training session . |
| 12 | Despite all my hard work , my son still wants to be a train driver and my daughter a nurse . |
| 13 | I shook my head , my pulse still racing from the shock . |
| 14 | We chattered about Ipswich and I found the business of Scawsby 's treatment of my mother still rankled in my heart . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's dead now , but my mother still lives in the village . |
| 16 | Benjamin and Elizabeth and their family belonged , in effect , to what we might choose to call the ‘ comfortable working class ’ ; they benefited from the general rise in Britain 's prosperity in Victorian times — cheaper food and clothing , better sanitation , faster transport , more substantial housing — but their money still had to be earned , had to be worked for . |
| 17 | Her fingers still clung to the spokes , keeping one wheel out of action . |
| 18 | She made it in four , her hair still wet from the shower , wearing jeans and a T-shirt beneath the white coat she had hastily thrown on . |
| 19 | Carrie reached for her coat , her heart still pounding in her chest and a tightening sensation in her throat causing her to gulp . |
| 20 | Their cars still compete in historic events . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She was caught without defences , her mind still playing with the idea of being his darling girl . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The faithful in Scotland called Elgin Cathedral ‘ The Lanthorn of the North ’ , drawing them to the peace and Christian power of the place , and its light still shines through the ruined windows and stone crosses : moss , whether on old garden walls , or as here , in ancient grounds , encourages reflection . |
| 27 | Their successors still stand in the middle distance . |
| 28 | Upstairs , Donna heard the sound of forced entry , her eyes still fixed on the barely moving form of Stark . |
| 29 | Her eyes still fixed on his , her breath shuddering and jerking in her parted mouth , she completed the task . |
| 30 | ‘ Could be right , ’ said Iris , her eyes still fixed on Melissa 's face . |