Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pron] still [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or so I still hoped . |
| 2 | No , that would be a false contrivance and anyway I still had a mad hope of catching that five-thirty ferry to Stornoway . |
| 3 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 4 | The result was an improvement over the unsupervised product , and yet we still felt that further urban differentiation might be possible . |
| 5 | His mouth ground down hard , forcing a terrible anger to her heart because he was untrue and yet she still loved and needed him . |
| 6 | She recalled their encounter at Sleightholmedale , when she had almost killed him — and yet he still pursued her … |
| 7 | Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car . |
| 8 | er you may never of had a house at all and yet you still got your family |
| 9 | ‘ And yet you still employed her to look after your children ? ’ |
| 10 | But perhaps they still had a future life together . |
| 11 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 12 | The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire . |
| 13 | But here I still sat , unenlightened , puzzling . |
| 14 | Yeah , but then you still got six wages to pay out , have n't ya . |
| 15 | So my mum went out but then she still had to read it all because I was under-age and she had to be there . |
| 16 | Reluctantly , but then she still loved Anna , although she had begun to judge her . |