Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] and still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pacemaker maintained a good gallop as the runners swept away from the stands down towards Swinley Bottom and still had the lead as they made the long right-hand turn with just under a mile to go . |
| 2 | And now we have CDs and all , you could squeeze in the St Matthew Passion and still have room for the rest . |
| 3 | The prophet Tawney , now writing for the Manchester Guardian and still committed to an extension of grammar-school opportunities could , on the twenty-first anniversary of Secondary Education for All , write : ‘ Now , at last , the reign of organised torpor masquerading as statesmanship shows signs of ending . ’ |
| 4 | This boat was used in an Indiana Jones film and still bears the scars . |
| 5 | But the French referendum on closer European ties left a huge headache for Premier John Major , currently EC president and still reeling from last week 's pound crisis . |
| 6 | I 've never subscribed to the deification of Nick cave and still do n't subscribe to the theory that says ‘ difficult ’ or ‘ dark ’ music is somehow better than squeaky-clean pop , but ‘ The Mercy Seat ’ and ‘ The Good Son ’ automatically establish a tone of commanding bleakness , Cave scuttling the stage like a wretch possessed and the band striking bunslinger poses . |