Example sentences of "were still [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the chairs , however , were not subject to such private patronage , but they were still employed for political purposes , though usually on a somewhat higher political level than Dempster intended . |
| 2 | He could just make out the bottom of the iron saucepan in which the mussels were still boiling for his guests . |
| 3 | Chief Supt David Foster said there was no indication of a sexual attack and police were still searching for a murder weapon . |
| 4 | At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues . |
| 5 | At 72 and in poor health , he suffered a heart attack while police officers were still searching for clues . |
| 6 | Mr Roberts said Sarbutts had been held by police on a minor offence in October , 1988 , when police were still searching for Mr Galvin 's killer . |
| 7 | But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 . |
| 8 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 9 | And the Oldham boo-boys were still screaming for him to be substituted when he headed an injury-time winner . |
| 10 | As the Dragoons were still looking for him , he would not stay in the house but had a small cave dug nearby , with a gorse bush to hide the entrance . |
| 11 | Erm , but at the moment were still looking for a driver . |
| 12 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 13 | And management at the Trawsfynydd power station made it clear yesterday that they were still looking for up to 50 voluntary redundancies at the station this year . |
| 14 | The Bears were never headed but with just four heats left were still looking for extra inspiration . |
| 15 | Agency director Michael McCarren said they were still looking for youngsters to cast in London shows . |
| 16 | All the same , the plan to send two or more lads to Alfort was not yet finally abandoned , and subscriptions were still called for , to be sent to Odiham or to the London committee . |
| 17 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 18 | Last night , reformers were still waiting for their wish to be fulfilled . |
| 19 | Most traders , by the middle of this week , were still waiting for confirmation from maltsters on the accurate nitrogen tests . |
| 20 | They were still waiting for the entertainment . |
| 21 | The governors were still waiting for action one year later . |
| 22 | Although he dispensed hospitality lavishly to the townspeople , he had no success ; political folly only compounded his incompetence as a landlord , and some Chichester tradesmen were still waiting for their bills to be settled ten years later . |
| 23 | At about midnight , while we were still waiting for him to come home , we noticed the wind was getting stronger . |
| 24 | Financial control was centralized under one accounting officer , the Permanent Under-Secretary for Defence , with subordinate Deputy Under-Secretaries to oversee the individual Service votes , which were still retained for administrative convenience , but could be adjusted to conform to Defence , as opposed to single Service , priorities . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) Oesophageal sensitivity to acid was preserved in patients with impaired peristalsis and oesophagitis. ( 4 ) Reflux symptoms lasted longer in patients with prolonged oesophageal acid exposure but were still reported for a small fraction of the total acid exposure time . |
| 26 | Individual projects were still considered for fund assistance up to a maximum of 50 per cent of expenditure , but programmes could receive up to 70 per cent . |
| 27 | Results were still awaited for the 10 non-Moslem seats . |
| 28 | The employers were about to remove theirs by what its American champions were to call ‘ scientific management ’ , but in our period they were still groping for this solution . |
| 29 | After a tour in February 1989 of Soviet psychiatric hospitals a US delegation reported that , although some improvements had been made , people were still hospitalized for political reasons and recommended that the Soviet Union should not be readmitted to the World Psychiatric Association ( WPA — for October 1989 Soviet readmission see p. 36980 ) . |
| 30 | He was so cunning about it that his dancers thought they were still working for John ! |