Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [noun] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Augustus or Tiberius Strabo still stated , as an evident fact , that in the study of little-known countries " the Roman writers are imitators of the Greeks and they do not carry their imitation very far , for what they relate they merely translate from the Greeks " ( 3.4.19 ) . |
| 2 | The explanation may be that Richard Baxter still clung on to his vision for a united national church . |
| 3 | Everyone knew that Duke William still had his hands full with Anjou and Aquitaine , but a victory was a victory , and the Normans drank deeply that Christmas , but not so deeply , as Osbern cheerfully assured his employer , that they would not be able to defend Scotia against anyone who tried to interfere with it . |
| 4 | ‘ Foreigner , like , ’ said Archie , forthcoming on account of the fact that Sergeant Joe still looked ready to do him grievous bodily harm . |
| 5 | For much of this unhappy early chapter in Diana 's royal life , she had excluded those who had been near and dear to her , although Prince Charles still saw his former friends , particularly the Parker-Bowles and the Palmer-Tomkinsons . |
| 6 | It was evident to all the family that Stephen Lassiter still loved Tamar and that she , too , was happy . |
| 7 | Now , although Shah Jehan still lived , Aurangzeb decided to have himself crowned . |
| 8 | Last night Thresher 's Jayne Bridges admitted it was extremely strange that Mr Onanuga still claimed he served Mr Lamont . |
| 9 | But as it becomes clearer with each day that Mr Perot still harbours political ambitions for himself , the old doubts about him recur . |
| 10 | On the basis of the documentary evidence , then , it would appear that Molla Husrev still held the kadilik of Istanbul in Rajab 876 but had almost certainly left that office by Shawwal 877 . |
| 11 | That depressing truth is , alas , one that Mikhail Gorbachev still refuses to accept , as he stumbles around in a trap set by Lenin two-thirds of a century ago . |
| 12 | In some alternate , barely credible dimension , this almost inexplicable first shot in the Great Columbus Wars ( Gerard Depardieu and Jim Dale still to come ) must have seemed a really good idea . |
| 13 | The fourth board meeting of the week lasted all day yesterday , with directors John Brockbank and Richard Tonks still discussing options . |
| 14 | But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe . |
| 15 | They were standing on the lawn in front of the lovely red-brick house with its weathered old red tiles and its tall chimneys , and Miss Honey still had the pair of garden clippers in one hand . |
| 16 | America 's heavy spending on military R&D accounts for much of this difference , but when military spending is removed from the figures for both countries , Dr Mowery and Dr Treece still find that the proportion of R&D financed by companies is higher in Japan . |
| 17 | People that go to Comdex do n't rate Unix , the twice-yearly technology poll conducted by Byte magazine among attendees seems to suggest — and IBM Corp still has an uphill fight to win over the hearts and minds that are presently in the Microsoft Corp camp . |
| 18 | The skill and habit of a lifetime refused to desert her altogether now she had no need of it and Alida Thorne still made her own dresses . |
| 19 | This decline is possibly of post-war origin , as in 1949 Thorney Island , the marshes around Pagham Harbour and Selsey , and Rye Harbour still held a total of about 150 pairs compared to about 35 in 1967 . |
| 20 | The captain and Mr Trelawney still did not like each other , and the squire did n't try to hide it . |
| 21 | In December , when a meeting between Mr Baker and Mr Hussein still looked possible , the European Community decided against starting talks of its own with the Iraqi leadership . |
| 22 | And Sherlock Holmes still has the photograph of the woman who was cleverer than he was . |
| 23 | When she concluded by asking if Madame Vassoir still had the letter from Beatrix and if its contents could have provoked Samantha 's abduction , her hostess poured them both a glass of sherry before replying . |
| 24 | In fact the turn-out in 1979 was high and Mrs Thatcher still became prime minister . |
| 25 | Mr and Mrs M still continued to take an interest in the family , to offer them friendship ; they still wrote letters , and sought answers to a number of questions on proper procedures . |
| 26 | Nearly three years after the murder , Mr and Mrs Macaulay still share the same sense of outrage and defiance against the IRA which they felt at the time of the killings . |
| 27 | But days and weeks passed , and Mrs Reed still said nothing about sending me to school . |
| 28 | It is as if Lord Salisbury still decided who should lead the Conservative Party . |
| 29 | Pointless samples start every song ; the beat is ridiculously loud and trying to be ravey but is too cluttered and shuffling ; the addition of a backing singer adds little to Peter Hooton 's irritating foghorn voice ; the guitars are still chiming , charmless indie-dance sounds throughout ; they still look like brickies and Peter Hooton still dances like my dad . |
| 30 | Locus claims DCE and ONC solutions still demand applications to be modified for their respective application programming interfaces in order to function . |