Example sentences of "[pron] still [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I would get home at about 7.30 in the evening and I still had to do my homework .
2 My picture was also there but I still had to present my ID before I was allowed to play a note of Mozart or whatever .
3 But I still wanted to tell my Mum .
4 You still had to ask your Dad for a top off the egg if you were if you were a poor family .
5 There was a clearly defined path , but she still had to pick her way with care .
6 She ducked under the belly of the ship , scuttling low to the ground , but she still managed to slam her head into some unseen landing gear .
7 Reeling from her wounds , she still managed to give her car 's call sign — Delta Romeo Three Two — and told listening colleagues she was going after the man .
8 She spoke very seriously , not joking at all , and her eyelids dropped down over her weirdly magnified eyes , thinking about trying , how she had tried , how she still tried to make her pony , Midnight , win .
9 Despite the economy in Australia being much th same as for our businesses in other parts of the world , we still managed to achieve our budget with over 500 lot sales .
10 We still had to keep our life jackets at the foot of our bunks in case of raids .
11 How strange it still seemed to call her mother by her forename , a practice suggesting an intimacy that was far from existing !
12 Although Egypt offered its full support to Iraq , it still managed to assert its role as a regional moderator and as the main link between the Arab states , Israel and the West ; thus , during a visit to Baghdad on April 7 , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak widened the debate by calling for the mass elimination of all weapons of mass destruction .
13 Although his prime responsibility was transport , whether by air , road or sea , he still had to play his part as a full member of the team when it came to surveillance and attack .
14 He still managed to keep his temper in check .
15 He still refused to share his legitimacy with the parties , as he had refused to share it with the CNR .
16 At that time , when so many men were in the services , a triple-Honours like Cottle could have had his pick of senior posts in schools and universities , but he still wanted to serve his country .
17 But he still wanted to hear what Rain had to say .
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