Example sentences of "[pron] had still " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite my luck with the Harlequin ducks the Barrow 's goldeneyes declined to come close enough and I had still not got a good shot when , with reluctance , we left Mýatn . |
| 2 | He and Elinor had been to the council offices and I had still not come home when they got back . |
| 3 | To avoid them I should either have had to go several hundred yards through dense undergrowth , or make a wide detour round and above them ; the former would have subjected me to very great danger , and there was no time for the latter , for the sun was near setting and I had still two miles to go . |
| 4 | If I had still thought you as slap-happy as I originally assumed — and bluntly , my child , you gave me the impression of being incapable of specialling a cold in the head — if the Night Super . |
| 5 | The flowers that I had still been clutching when they carried me back to the house had been prised from my fingers and left in a plastic bag on top of the fridge . |
| 6 | I do n't think I could have done that if I had still been drinking or doing the things I was doing about ten years ago . |
| 7 | But that was less surprising than that somebody had still been issuing such certificates in the chaos that had been Germany , just three weeks before the final surrender . |
| 8 | This went directly against Stirling 's concept of the role of his men , which had still not been clearly understood or even accepted at headquarters . |
| 9 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most striking example is Monk 's Topping in Daniel Deronda ( 1875–6 ) , acquired by the Mallinger family in the reign of Henry VIII : the ‘ place was one of the finest in England , at once historical , romantic and homelike : a picturesque architectural outgrowth from an old abbey , which had still remnants of the old monastic trunk ’ . |
| 11 | The bill , which had still to pass through the Senate , would permit banks to adopt articles of association more suited to their needs and facilitated the raising of external capital . |
| 12 | The new Constitution , which had still not been made public as of late August , removed the right of the president to act above the law , to declare martial law or to appoint a cabinet from outside parliament . |
| 13 | By 5.30 pm the last barrowloads of whindust were laid and rolled and the job was done , apart from one set of bollards ( to stop vehicles ) which had still to be erected , and some tidying up of site . |
| 14 | If she was not his mother , she had still crammed a lot of mothering , good and bad , into the last few days . |
| 15 | Whatever her situation , she had still been a human being , entitled to warmth and shelter and protection . |
| 16 | ‘ Ask Ellen , ’ I replied laconically , for Ellen was the only person who truly understood all the fancy gadgets though , perversely , she had still not mastered a sextant . |
| 17 | She had still been quite ill when the travellers returned from Juan les Pins . |
| 18 | Even when she was being reprimanded she had still loved to listen to her mother 's voice . |
| 19 | There were a few anxious moments , but as soon as I pulled on the glove she came straight at me , low and very fast indeed , much swifter of course than she could have done if she had still been carrying the equipment . |
| 20 | Her husband — she had still been married then-told her not to look . |
| 21 | Even though the arrangements made by London had gone wrong , she had still found herself in a position to fight the Nazis . |
| 22 | She must have realised some years before that I was n't headed in the direction of St Margaret 's , Westminster , but she had still intended the occasion to glitter , a bright milestone in our uneventful lives . |
| 23 | If she had still been in love with Finn , Lydia would not now be casting round for ways to entertain herself . |
| 24 | It had lasted longer , but then she had still been touching him . |
| 25 | The blood had come in the middle of the night and she had still been appalled . |
| 26 | tug arrived , and the poor wreck had been towed away , still under water , but surfacing from time to time as though she had still not quite admitted defeat . |
| 27 | To talk to them , you would think she had still been playing with toys . |
| 28 | And then , of course , six years ago she had still been reeling from the shock of Tony 's death . |
| 29 | She might have renounced her family , but she had still her share of pride — in her lineage , in the family name . |
| 30 | But what was still troubling her was the fact that she had still not broached the subject of Janice . |