Example sentences of "and [is] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have absolutely no conscience about taking this stuff from Ellis , who incidentally has shunted Plutarch off to a luxurious cattery and is still wrestling at getting the hairs out of the carpets . |
| 2 | One of these entered the popular literature and is still repeated by journalists , despite the fact that Hugh McClean , who , in admitting his part in the Shankill UVF killings , is supposed to have said : ‘ I am terribly sorry I ever heard of that man Paisley or decided to follow him ’ , later denied making such a statement to the police . |
| 3 | There are numerous varieties of mustards from around the world , although Dijon in France is acknowledged as the mecca of the trade and is still said to produce almost 50 per cent of the world 's mustard . |
| 4 | Dill-water or gripe-water is , at any rate , several hundred years old in usage , and is still called upon today . |
| 5 | Aside from the money spent before this season ( ie Shearer et al ) he has spent 3M on warhurst , 2.75 on batts , and is still looking to get flowers 2M+ That s over 7M spent , and who has left ? |
| 6 | Aside from the money spent before this season ( ie Shearer et al ) he has spent 3M on warhurst , 2.75 on batts , and is still looking to get flowers 2M+ That s over 7M spent , and who has left ? |
| 7 | On a seat beneath General Wolfe 's statue , which looks down on the river and is still scarred by the bombs of a war later than the one in which he died , Coffin rested for a while . |
| 8 | Australia drifted up and into it ( and is still drifting northwards , at an infinitesimal rate ) ; but very little else . |
| 9 | The court heard the girl has made several suicide attempts and is still receiving treatment . |
| 10 | Their exclusive claim to punish clergymen for ordinary offences has long since disappeared ; the power to try and punish laymen for immorality has become practically obsolete ; their jurisdiction over the matters of ritual , and ecclesiastical offences of clergymen , such as heresy , still remains and is still exercised by them . |
| 11 | With 27 branches nationwide , Beaverbrooks has retained its outstanding reputation for fine quality jewellery and is still run as a family concern , with customer satisfaction the most important guiding principle . |
| 12 | The Triton inn was formerly a coaching inn , and is still providing meals and accommodation . |
| 13 | The board dismissed him for ‘ gross misconduct and gross professional negligence ’ and is still considering legal steps to recover the cash . |
| 14 | Literary studies remain a specific and coherent science ; literariness still remains its object , and is still constituted by the differential strategy which opposes defamiliarization and automatization . |
| 15 | If the carriage stops short and is still connected to the band , when you then try to take the lace carriage across , the band can not move and it will snap . |
| 16 | SunSoft 's Unix-on-Intel play , Solaris 2.0 , will be shown at the forthcoming PC Expo in New York — along with its emulation stuff , see page five — and is still scheduled to become available 90 days after the Sparc version ships . |
| 17 | Here , there 's another parador contrived from a 16th century building — the Hostal de Reyes Catolicas , which was built by Ferdinand and Isabella as an inn for pilgrims and is still fulfilling its original purpose . |
| 18 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 19 | Hunting has some steady on-going business — such as highly classified nuclear work — and is still hoping to see new orders generated by the lessons learned in the Gulf war . |
| 20 | Darlington man Keith Pringle was shot in the neck by a marksman and is still recovering in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 21 | He will be 36 next birthday and is still parading his class in the Premier League . ’ |
| 22 | It ensured that the Delaware law was partly scrapped in November 1991 , and is still trying to reduce the banks ' remaining powers , particularly in reinsurance . |
| 23 | He says he set out last night and is still trying to get from Bristol to Bracknell . |
| 24 | He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . |
| 25 | Sally uses mixed media and is still experimenting with other materials . |
| 26 | and is still rising fast . |
| 27 | The Labour Party was set up by the trade unions and is still funded by the trade unions . |
| 28 | ( groan , groan — you all know what i want ; - ) ; - ) — with Frank playing 11 games from start my bet is that his goal tally would have exceeded 2 — of course he still misses some qualities — but he knows how to make a goal … as the commentaries said it : ‘ He is under-21 and is still learning the game ’ ) |
| 29 | He came into pentathlon through swimming , his strongest event — and is still struggling with the fencing . |
| 30 | Ron Anthony , the NII 's chief inspector made it clear last week that delays over settling the safety case were largely the fault of the CEGB , it was 10 months late with its PCSR and is still filling in gaps in key areas , like the integrity of steam generator tubes and the issue of fuel-clad ballooning . |