Example sentences of "still [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 2 | Alliances beyond the product-swap level are seemingly still off the agenda , and Data General is not for sale . |
| 3 | The phone was still off the hook . |
| 4 | I was still off the chain so could at least go to the little bathroom and fill the others ' water-bottles and empty their pee-bottles . |
| 5 | Isabel remained very still for a minute , thinking about how much worse she must look with red-rimmed eyes and tears mingling with the dirt on her face . |
| 6 | It looked massive and majestic in the evening light and Tug stood quite still for a second , imagining the wind blowing across its top . |
| 7 | The haughty face was still for a second more and then he began to laugh softly , warm , dark laughter that took her completely by surprise . |
| 8 | Told me to keep him still for a couple of days . ’ |
| 9 | Ellwood stayed still for a while , letting the priest set up his tackle and make a couple of casts , then he slithered down to the path . |
| 10 | If you want an actor to stay still for a while , you can elect to freeze the path ( Kev 's pause ) , or , alternatively , you can accelerate and decelerate . |
| 11 | ‘ Lie perfectly still for a while . |
| 12 | And Rosalba roused her heavy , hollow limbs and submitted to the tasks , finding in the repetitiousness of domestic labours a lulling routine that could still for a time the kind of sickness she had contracted . |
| 13 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 14 | Second , Byrd 's wide-ranging and extended melodic lines are hard to sing , and harder still for a consort of solo voices to keep constantly in tune , above all when using the vowel-sounds of the past . |
| 15 | George was utterly still for a moment , before rolling over on to his stomach . |
| 16 | He stood quite still for a moment . |
| 17 | Even the guns were still for a moment . |
| 18 | But it remained still for a moment and there was the shimmer of silver about the boy 's head . |
| 19 | He stood very still for a moment and then lifted his hand and gently traced a line across her swollen cheek . |
| 20 | She lay very still for a moment , trying to think . |
| 21 | Héloise de Rochefort stood very still for a moment , then she covered her face with her hands and began to cry in great , gusty , choking sobs . |
| 22 | Sara could not help smiling back at him , he looked so incongruous surrounded by the children , who did not seem to stay still for a moment ; the whole group bubbled and rippled with continuous movement . |
| 23 | As I would be , Caroline thought , if you 'd only be still for a moment . |
| 24 | She sat very still for a moment , the room revolving around her like a carousel as the pain in her head hammered to a crescendo then receded again to a just bearable throb . |
| 25 | What makes things harder still for the Morleys is the fact they still do n't seem any nearer receiving compensation . |
| 26 | It is harder to recognize the vertebrates as a natural group , and harder still for the molluscs ( snails , clams , squids ) , because the similarity is of basic anatomy , and there are vast differences in shape and habits . |
| 27 | ‘ Coming ? ’ said Dalziel , smiling still for the benefit of the onlookers , but infusing a new grimness into his voice . |
| 28 | It is hard for parents to keep faith through lean years , and harder still for the boys , particularly if doubts and pressures filter through to them . |
| 29 | It was quite still for the breeze had dropped and he vaguely registered that the women seemed to have gone . |
| 30 | More embarrassing still for the Republican Party was the admission on March 17 that three former members of the House who were currently in Bush 's Cabinet — Defence Secretary Dick Cheney , Labour Secretary Lynn Martin , and Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan — had also written uncovered cheques during the 39-month period ( July 1988-October 1991 ) covered by the investigation . |