Example sentences of "[conj] still [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That endurance was not a quality that induced ready sympathy from a class that still looked on the constable as a kind of public flunkey . |
| 2 | Taking it out , she ripped it into tiny pieces then tossed the fragments into the bucket that still stood on the dresser like some awful avant-garde ornament . |
| 3 | He accordingly renamed it the ‘ Eskimo Pie ’ and chose the distinctive Eskimo symbol that still appears on the wrapping . |
| 4 | Rather lovable in spite of all ’ — was recorded at age 7 and still remained on the secondary school record at age 14 . |
| 5 | It becomes clear from Boswell 's descriptions that this family were considerably less Anglicised than the Macdonalds on Skye , and still remained on the side of the Gaels . |
| 6 | There are still professional watermen in the Tideway and still Phelpses on the river , but the former are a dying breed and the latter are amateur competitors . |
| 7 | Beginning from the plant size with maximum capacity Q 0 , in the long run society can gain the triangle ABE by expanding plant capacity until LMC equals social marginal benefit at E. At this plant size Q 2 the price is P 1 and still lies on the short-run marginal cost curve which is now SMC 2 . |
| 8 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
| 9 | Malpass shook his head but still concentrated on the faded yellow door . |
| 10 | Steve Morrell of King 's School , Chester , hit a hat-trick against Repton but still finished on the losing side . |
| 11 | Ipswich Town ended their goal famine in style — but still finished on the losing side in a thrilling see-saw match at The Dell . |
| 12 | Neil Jenkins , the Wales fly-half , took his points tally to a record 60 in the Worthington Welsh Sevens — but still finished on the losing side in the final . |
| 13 | Spennymoor Comprehensive 's Steven Thorogood hit 74 but still finished on the losing side as 14-year-old Ian Dixon 's 72 took Willington Parkside Comprehensive to victory in a high-scoring game . |
| 14 | His kisses had gentled out when suddenly , while still staying on the mattress with her , he moved away from her . |
| 15 | While still working on the second volume of the Society 's guidebook , at a meeting of the Zoological Society on 16 June 1830 , he applied to undertake a series of drawings of the parrot collection . |
| 16 | Jones 's team produced a new , more comprehensive plan which , though still based on the CEGB 's tiny ( two-mile radius ) evacuation zone , could be expected to run a lot more efficiently than its predecessor . |
| 17 | Peter Monteith 's gallant campaigner ran unplaced on the Flat at Ayr just 48 hours previously but , though still to score on the level , he has now amassed four hurdle wins in addition to 12 over the bigger obstacles . |