Example sentences of "be still [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er this year we actually made three four seven but we 're still thinking that we will make two thousand pounds . |
| 2 | Anyway , if you 're still watching when the news comes on you might see me . |
| 3 | so consequently they 're still fighting and the chap still has n't got a penny |
| 4 | Let us hope they 're still dancing when it is time for the Fourth Round draw . |
| 5 | The curls are still forming and washing makes them drop . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |
| 7 | Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States . |
| 8 | When the majority have formed their beautiful chrysalises , which can vary in colour from bright green to spangled gold , it is a good idea to collect those caterpillars that are still eating and release them into a large clump of nettles so you can concentrate on hatching the rest . |
| 9 | But despite the heavy rain , water companies are still warning that last summer 's drought ca n't be forgotten . |
| 10 | Enabling people not just to keep alert but to feel they are still learning and growing makes economic as well as moral sense . |
| 11 | In some debates it appears that traditional farming is regarded as systems of high input of fertilisers and pesticides which started in the 1950 's and are still progressing and developing today . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the FA are still considering whether to take any action against Arsenal 's Ian Wright for his alleged punching of Tottenham 's David Howells last weekend . |
| 13 | They did n't injure anyone that time — not physically , at any rate — but there must be mothers in Yorkshire who are still wondering if the babies were really sorted out correctly . ’ |
| 14 | Legislators in the US are still deciding whether to permit Orion to go ahead . |
| 15 | People are still injecting and sharing dirty equipment . |
| 16 | But they are still surviving and they were surviving and still paying rent on land before nineteen forty nine . |
| 17 | Followers are still guessing as to what Hanson will do with its ICI stake . |
| 18 | Yet , although commercial competition is tougher , there are still weaving and spinning mills in Selkirk , one of which won the Queen 's Award for Export Achievement . |
| 19 | By 7 years only 1.5 per cent of children are still soiling and by 10 to 11 years this is down to 0.8 per cent ( Bellman 1966 ) . |
| 20 | Amazingly , though , foreign tycoons pay through the nose to hear Lady Thatcher spout her economic theories — even though , back home , businesses and homeowners are still suffering because of them . |
| 21 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 22 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 23 | William Davis , Chairman of the British Tourist Authority , says overseas visitors are still coming but they 're trading down and looking for bargains . |
| 24 | Later in the afternoon , while most people are still washing and dressing and getting ready , the preparations begin at the shrine high above the village , on a plateau under the shade of two juniper trees . |
| 25 | These are still occurring and , ultimately , there is no clear distinction between folk tales of unknown origin and accounts of events which have taken place within living memory . |
| 26 | Then , waving aloft a sheaf of papers , he uttered the famous lie that was to catapult him into the limelight for four years : ‘ I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department . ’ |
| 27 | with the vein 's with the valves in everywhere , yes , it 's because they 've got to somehow or other , you 've got to somehow or other get the blood back up to the heart again , it 's not under pressure is it any more , cos it 's lost a lot of its pressure and the way it gets back to the heart of course that is it 's lying alongside the bones and the arteries and as you 're walking around , okay , the arteries are still having the pressure working , the muscles are still working and the vein lies next to it and the blood is able to be milked up , it 's milked back up to a non return valve , that shuts off and it ca n't drop back down any further and the next bit does the next bit up , okay , and then that shuts off and eventually it gets back to the heart and the capillaries what will that look like when it 's bleeding ? |
| 28 | Several of the people involved in the ZETA story , directly or as spectators , are still working or living in retirement in and around Harwell : many of them feel that the publicity and interest generated in ZETA made many politicians and administrators aware of fusion , and helped to gain support for the funding of Culham Fusion Laboratory which was built during the early 1960s . |
| 29 | Back in the power pack repair bay , Corporal Tait and his crew are still working as first the civilians and then the soldiers finish their day 's tasks and return home . |
| 30 | The Rolling Stones , George Harrison , Bob Dylan and Rod Stewart are still strutting and fretting away , postponing the time when they are heard no more . |