Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] still [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 2 | It should be clear from the previous chapters that although I still had some sense of personal identity when I became anorexic , I simply did not have the opportunity or know-how to form an Eriksonian ego identity . |
| 3 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 4 | ‘ It upsets me that I still have this ‘ enfant terrible ’ reputation . |
| 5 | ‘ It seems that I still have some friends in Swansea , ’ Edward said softly , ‘ no-one could convict me on such trumped-up evidence . |
| 6 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 7 | So when mentioned that she still had 4 tickets left , I took the plunge and said yes we would be interested . |
| 8 | She realised that she still had fifteen minutes before the meeting was due to start and on an impulse she rang Paul . |
| 9 | However she indicated that she still felt guilty a good part of the time . |
| 10 | She prayed that Steve would n't see the truth — that she still loved that man , passionately , even though he had deceived her so , and that her heart was breaking inside her . |
| 11 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 12 | If children witness a quarrel , but then see that you still love each other , they will realise that a row is not the end of the world and will learn that it 's all right to fight — as long as we make up later . |
| 13 | that we still use that one ! |
| 14 | ‘ We have perhaps exceeded most people 's expectations by the way we have played this season , yet we are very conscious that we still have one more game to go , ’ he reasoned . |
| 15 | Erm , it is perhaps only in the last er , six months or so that the erm , turnaround in the fortunes of erm , er , B Sky B have been acknowledged and er , I think there has been an element in our thinking that we wanted to keep our dry er , until such time as er , B Sky B which we have great belief and faith in and our , as you know we increased our investment during the year erm , sees its way through to profitability and I 'm happy to say that that 's happening now at a reab reasonable rate and that that means that it is highly unlikely that the hundred and thirty million of guarantees that we still have outstanding to B Sky B are likely to be called . |
| 16 | We know that we still have several hours of concentrated work ahead and another meal to look forward to at the end of the working day . |
| 17 | In the light of such a definition some of us would admit that we still have some growing up to do ourselves . |
| 18 | The agreement formally ended 13 years of civil war , although small-scale fighting reportedly continued , and analysts were generally cautious in their appraisal of the agreement , noting that there still remained many barriers to genuine peace in Cambodia . |
| 19 | However , sophisticated pantographs based on optical measurement of the rotation of the joints can offer much better results although they still falls short of the best systems . |
| 20 | Although they still retain fine Rococo grilles , these have been over-enthusiastically revamped in neo-Gothic style between 1870 and 1890 . |
| 21 | However , sophisticated pantographs based on optical measurement of the rotation of the joints can offer much better results although they still fall short of the sort of accuracies that can be obtained by the best systems . |
| 22 | The voiders lingered by the body , however , bright enough to know that they still had some duty to perform with it . |
| 23 | DIGI DUB serve up a welcome listen of techno ragga , electro and dub , blending them to such a degree that they still remain hard to categorise , dealing in each style with equal authority and adeptness throughout and as inventive as anything you 'll find plagiarising these genres . |
| 24 | These , then , are some general principles , but you may feel that they still leave considerable scope for discretion and interpretation . |
| 25 | Her initial nerves had all gone now although it still felt strange to be on a catwalk rather than the carpeted floor of the room at the Grand Hotel . |
| 26 | However Mr Northfield added there was no scope for compromise , and it was possible tougher action would be required , although he still hopes common sense will prevail . |
| 27 | Although he still expressed private doubts about Lawrence , it was necessary for the public gesture to be made : Lawrence was , after all , part of that same generation of writers of which Eliot was now almost the sole representative . |
| 28 | Fairly good evidence has since appeared to show that Burt faked his results in order to bolster his case , although he still has some apologists . |
| 29 | The trouble with [ a view that what is needed is a re-evaluation of the feminine ] is that it still leaves uncriticised the whole association of particular qualities with the masculine and others with the feminine … |
| 30 | The insurance fund has since doubled its reserves through a levy on its other members , but fears that it still has insufficient funds to cover its potential obligations . |