Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] still [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind relaxed slightly , which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly . |
| 2 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 3 | A shopkeeper in Nuremberg who said to a customer what ‘ in these days was common to almost everybody in Nuremberg ’ , that Hitler was set on continuing the war , tried to deceive the people into thinking that he still had a miracle weapon , and was ‘ nothing more than a criminal ’ , was denounced by the customer , taken away by the police , and shot for ‘ subversion of the military power ’ . |
| 4 | But he said afterwards that he still had a lot to learn about driving an Indycar . |
| 5 | Some children become institutionalised more quickly than others , and she still had a bit of fire left in her when I went to the orphanage for her . |
| 6 | Drachenfels left her dressed in some revealing clothing ( revealing if she still had a body , that is ) to top the effect off . |
| 7 | This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school . |
| 8 | Chorus numbers were sung in full , and the Hoflin girl 's little solo in Act Two was performed from beginning to end , but Ingrid , who was singing Lisa — not such a heavy role , but she still had a couple of solos — was resting her voice again , and the rest just walked and hummed their roles . |
| 9 | Our pit was n't going to be big , but we still used a pier as a precautionary measure . |
| 10 | But we still did a lot of sport and work on the assault course , which was a set of twenty-four gut-wrenching obstacles set on the edge of the camp . |
| 11 | I thought coming forward Leeds played brill on saturday but they still looked a bit lazy and complacent at the back ( esp . |
| 12 | They fitted but they still looked a bit baggy . |
| 13 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 14 | Polly had total faith in Nathan 's seamanship , but they still had a lot of ocean to cross , and the radio was a source of vital information regarding sea and weather conditions . |
| 15 | But they still had a lot of ground to make up . |
| 16 | His face was different , almost human , but he still had a shark 's mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm thankful , ’ he says , ‘ that I cam to my senses as early in my life as I did — while I still had a career . ’ |
| 18 | While he still had a chance of being near Maisie , he would take it . |
| 19 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 20 | And she closed one eye in a grotesque wink , leaving Sally-Anne to guess what the bit of all right was — a visit to a music hall or a theatre , she assumed — wrongly , for she still had a lot to learn about the ways of the aliens among whom she lived . |