Example sentences of "still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the world needs — and is increasingly getting — says Nathan Myhrvold , the company 's head of advanced technology , is ‘ innovation in the way that we distribute information ; we still communicate mainly by smearing ink across dead trees . ’ |
| 2 | No , nothing spiritualistic ! — dead authors still communicate as you read . |
| 3 | It was still raining hours later when Sara returned to the cottage . |
| 4 | Outside , it 's still raining , and as we gallantly struggle to open our umbrella in the wind , we suddenly find we 've come to a halt beside a large black car , and a man in a smart suit is opening the door for us to get in . |
| 5 | It was cold after the house , and still raining . |
| 6 | ‘ Give us the hat , it 's still raining . ’ |
| 7 | It was still raining . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's still raining , ’ said Mr Piggott . |
| 9 | though outside it 's still raining , |
| 10 | Outside it was still raining . |
| 11 | Personally , by the time I had cycled up the hill in the dark , battling against high winds and rain , wearing my rain cape in a futile attempts to keep dry , I felt more like flopping into bed than sitting up all night making silly marks on a chart and plunging outside every sixty minutes to see if it was still raining . |
| 12 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 13 | It was still raining but less heavily . |
| 14 | ‘ Still raining ? |
| 15 | " Oh , it 's still raining much too hard for that , " said Cowslip , as though there could be no two ways about it . |
| 16 | ‘ Still raining outside ? |
| 17 | There was no storm in the morning , but it was still raining . |
| 18 | Boldwood clearly wanted to talk , although it was still raining heavily . |
| 19 | It was still raining . |
| 20 | It was still raining steadily when she 'd put him to bed , after a last half-hour of television and a couple of chapters of Stig of the Dump . |
| 21 | Downstairs , Julie looked across and saw Stark hit the floor , her attention diverted only momentarily from the blows still raining against the door . |
| 22 | It was still raining , but it was a hard , fast , clean downpour now , washing garbage off the sidewalks . |
| 23 | It was still raining . |
| 24 | It was still raining and a strong wind was blowing . |
| 25 | It was still raining , though more lightly now . |
| 26 | Outside it was still raining . |
| 27 | It is still raining . |
| 28 | ‘ Although if it 's still raining the ditch wo n't be too comfortable . |
| 29 | It was still raining , and the washed and windless air , such a contrast to the heat of the previous days , struck a distinct chill as she dashed to the Intermarché . |
| 30 | ‘ Still raining all summer long ? ’ |