Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] still [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right to stand for election still remained restricted to Matai . |
| 2 | His passion for books still raged , and so did his desire to study , to instruct himself . |
| 3 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 4 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 5 | He said that an existing legislative assembly of Kurdistan still enjoyed the recognition of the Iraqi government as the representative body of Iraqi Kurds . |
| 6 | In 1844 one auxiliary corps of artillery still stood guard on the city walls at night , and they disturbed many people with their noisy alerts . |
| 7 | The remnants of feudalism still survived . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll excuse Miss Blake , ’ he said gravely to the flock of fans still clustered about her . |
| 9 | The thing was wearing clothing still ; shreds of fabric still clung to it and were somehow interwoven with the grey and leprous flesh . |
| 10 | At the moment their relationship was a weekend one , but both of them occasionally thought that the idea of marriage still had something to be said in its favour . |
| 11 | It is impossible to say precisely how much of England still lay in open field in 1700 or thereabouts , but one can make a rough estimate . |
| 12 | The poetry of England still flourished . |
| 13 | Albert Reynolds , the Finance Minister , was dismissed on Nov. 7 after he attacked Haughey , saying that he was not satisfied that the strong and decisive government necessary for the well-being of Ireland still existed . |
| 14 | The two tiny suits of armour still stood where they belonged since some remote knight had given them up ( sent them to the attic of the day , like old hunting boots ) . |
| 15 | The two full glasses of wine still stood untouched on the table . |
| 16 | And now she had one bony hand extended towards Charles at the top of the table and in it was her dinner fork with a piece of meat still speared on it . |
| 17 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 18 | A few faint diamond droplets of water still glittered in the hair that whorled sensuously around his jewel-hard nipples . |
| 19 | Similar to Fitzgerald , I had retreated a few patients months to years after their initial management , but one third of patients still had symptoms of constipation 6.8 ( 2.8 ) years after initial evaluation . |
| 20 | The nation had also become economically and demographically stagnant : heavy industrial production lagged behind Britain and Germany , nearly a third of people still lived off the land , and in 1940 the population ( at about 40 million ) was little larger than it had been in 1900 . |
| 21 | The balance of convenience still had to be shown by the plaintiff to be in his favour but , as Wedderburn says , the threat of irreparable harm to the employer 's ‘ property ’ in his business interests could not be out-weighed by the defendant union . |
| 22 | No doubt , too , the tattered flag of Iran still fluttered from its mast . |
| 23 | However , a country could have a moderately high average level , while some sections of society still had very short life expectancy . |
| 24 | This movement appeared more or less spontaneously and its emergence shows how this section of society still possessed its own individualism and independence . |
| 25 | Earlier that morning , she had piled the bedsheets in a corner of the room ; a sweet aroma of grapes still clung to them . |
| 26 | There were areas in which the more traditional , buccaneering type of entrepreneur still played a role . |
| 27 | Well over half of profit still came from overseas , and marine paint and powder coatings were narrowly the largest contributors . |
| 28 | Well over half of profit still came from overseas , and marine paint and powder coatings were narrowly the largest contributors . |
| 29 | William 's readiness to make money out of Yorick still seemed rather tasteless . |
| 30 | the Secretary of State still had to announce his long awaited decision on the Brynhenllys Inquiry and he rejected British Coal 's appeal for a large site at Pwll Du . |