Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] and still [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , that 's what I 'll do , I 'll just take some out of that and replace , but I , I 've said , I , I 'm never gon na touch that I 'll be well unhappy if I do , cos I been in real dodgy situations with money and still resisted the temptation to take , touch that money . |
| 2 | Geoffrey Whittle , Plaid Cymru 's man , lives in Caerphilly and still finished fourth out of four last time . |
| 3 | Psychologically Britain , having escaped occupation during the war , felt separated from Europe and still thought in terms of maintaining her independent status as a great power . |
| 4 | When the First World War broke out diplomatic services were still markedly concentrated in Europe and still thought predominantly in terms of European problems and rivalries . |
| 5 | William , who was already bored by court life in London and still found spoken English hard to follow , decided he must go to Ireland and take command in person . |
| 6 | Two weeks on the beach at Mombasa , not in a hotel of course , but in the bungalow of an old friend who had survived freedom and independence in Kenya and still made a living out of East Africa 's import and export trade . |
| 7 | The salaries of government employees such as doctors and teachers were subject to inflation and still suffered from the Soviet concept of paying intellectuals less than manual workers . |
| 8 | The buxom Mlle Gilles is called upon every 10 minutes to reveal her all ( or three-quarters of it ) and while this is no sight to be despised , she could have appeared stark-naked from beginning to end and still failed to distract our attention from the movie 's essential mediocrity . ’ |
| 9 | Those who believe Gerstner is a good choice for IBM point to his skill at cutting corporate expenses and willingness to pare payrolls , implying that IBM is a good but bloated company and conveniently forgetting that Akers cut IBM 's payroll by 25% and still ended up with unacceptable results . |
| 10 | But the incident at the US-controlled airport illustrated continuing security problems in a city ravaged by conflict and still stalked by muggers . |
| 11 | Nor did he think it would serve any purpose to refer to the lipstick-smeared card , originally written by Dotty and still wired to the stem of the mutilated plant , which , in the heat of the moment and the fitful light of the streetlamps was mistakenly thought to have been dipped in blood . |