Example sentences of "i [vb base] i still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No problem — you must understand that I 've aged a little , I mean I still look roughly the same . |
| 2 | I thought well after ten years , I thought , well I want I still want to get on and erm so I heard of this job down at Cambridge Station as Assistant Manageress at the Refreshment Rooms , you see , and er it was n't quite the same because er at Ipswich , you see , although the Catering Manager 's office er my work was office work and typing you know general thing and er because he was away most of the day , most days , because of er er the ten stations er from stretching as I say from Chelmsford , Witham , Marks Tey , Colchester and er I think it was Clacton and er and Manningtree and er I think , I do n't know Manningtree and Ipswich of course and er then er Bury St Edmunds and , and that 's it and I am not sure whether you went to Newmarket or whether to Ca whether to Cambridge now Newmarket but er , you see , so the days went on and we worked every other Sunday and of course I know things were a lot cheaper then but you see the pay was n't , was n't very good . |
| 3 | God help me , I hope I still do ’ — she clicked off the light — ’ where I can still find it . |
| 4 | I know I still did n't like it . |
| 5 | I reckon I still have another two or three seasons left if I keep clear of injury . ’ |
| 6 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 7 | I suppose I still have n't grasped it , and I do n't want to . |
| 8 | It 's amazing , even after a forty-year gap , that I feel I still have a rapport with most mineworkers because of my early days in the industry . |
| 9 | I shall just have to play on and ride out the recession and I feel I still have three good years left in me at the top . |
| 10 | A transfer seems the only way out , but he says : ‘ I feel I still have so much to prove to Everton and myself . |
| 11 | ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I still hate you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've learnt a lot off the television but I think I still need to know more and it is something I think we all worry about . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not saying I 'm going to have one of these Grand Slam win breakthroughs , but I think I still have enough tennis in me to have a few more great moments . |
| 15 | I wish I still had my gloves — my hands are freezing . |
| 16 | I remember listening to all the music that was around at that time and understanding it with a naivety which I wish I still had sometimes , putting a band together when I was nine or ten and playing the talent show at grade school , writing songs and still having the godawful things around the house . |
| 17 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |