Example sentences of "people were still [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were still huddled in groups in the square , talking anxiously . |
| 2 | On Sept. 27 the National Human Rights Monitoring Group was cited as saying that 1,200 detainees had been freed , in accordance with a High Committee of State ( HCS ) decision of Aug. 8 , but that 4,000 people were still held . |
| 3 | The front of the buses appeared welded together and people were still trapped inside . |
| 4 | Some people were still trapped two hours later . |
| 5 | The number of casualties was expected to rise because many people were still trapped in the rubble of damaged buildings . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |