Example sentences of "but [pron] still [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ But I still get the feeling that you are here for a definite reason . ’ |
| 3 | I breathed through my mouth , but I still got the feeling of it . |
| 4 | The Fantasia in F minor , written for mechanical organ but one of the composer 's most intensely dramatic utterances , comes off fairly well ( but not as well as with Frantz and Eschenbach , who are compelling in this great work ) , but I still prefer the weight and variety of organ tone here ; and if the Adagio of the C minor Fugue with its two-piano writing is a trifle ponderous , the D major Sonata for two pianos that follows is not all so . |
| 5 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 6 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 7 | But I still have a map drawn by one of his colleagues , marking all the main sea-trout and salmon lies on Stack ; worth its weight in gold , quite irreplaceable . |
| 8 | But I still have a cry , sometimes , when I realize that my mother is dead — and that 's years after . |
| 9 | Then somebody and I , and I gun shots so you are dead but I still have the weapon . |
| 10 | Because I still think this is very much discriminating on the , people like Val for example , I know she 's got a little bit of scale two but I still think the reception is such a big responsibility |
| 11 | Sometimes these sophisticated nine-year-olds really do seem to have the bug but I still feel a bit uncomfortable encouraging them because they are so young . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd offer to help , ’ she said apologetically , ‘ but I still feel a bit wobbly . ’ |
| 13 | Along each side of the long window hung a heavy brocade curtain , the colour having long since disappeared , but which still retained an air of quality . |
| 14 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 15 | You feel good about the help you 've given perhaps , but you still wish the person would only ring when it 's essential . |
| 16 | Really careful with it but you still pick the outline up cos it 's in that area . |
| 17 | If you wish that to send things out to subbies first of all you 've got to have it reasonable , but you still need the length of that bar . |
| 18 | But you still have a journey to make and it will be a terrible journey . |
| 19 | " But you still have a coach here , " Dr. Favor said . |
| 20 | Make no mistake , the odds are stacked against you , but you still have a chance if you play your cards right . |
| 21 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But she still made no comment . |
| 24 | OK , her relationship with her father had taken a dip since her mother 's death , but she still knew the man better than almost anyone else on earth . |
| 25 | But she still thinks the exercise was worthwhile and says Bill Clinton will be wise to stay in touch with the ‘ small fries ’ . |
| 26 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
| 27 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 28 | She was no longer anxious about her ability to cope with the inmates of the pet shop , but she still disliked the sight of birds and some of the more sensitive animals being kept in captivity . |
| 29 | The very first Miss World is celebrating being a cover girl on a magazine … eighty years after she won the original title.Alice Hyde is now 97 years old … but she still remembers the excitement of winning the world 's top beauty contest . |
| 30 | they , told them they can like it or lump it and they said the miner 's strike , but she still won the election after the miner 's strike which |