Example sentences of "they still [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least they still had a phone . |
| 2 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 3 | Only today they still had a copy . |
| 4 | Polly had total faith in Nathan 's seamanship , but they still had a lot of ocean to cross , and the radio was a source of vital information regarding sea and weather conditions . |
| 5 | But they still had a lot of ground to make up . |
| 6 | While heterosexual feminists recognized rape as an important issue , they still had an investment in men , which to some extent meant not upsetting those men too much . |
| 7 | I thought coming forward Leeds played brill on saturday but they still looked a bit lazy and complacent at the back ( esp . |
| 8 | They fitted but they still looked a bit baggy . |
| 9 | Lucien grudgingly had to admit that they were first-class vibrancers , but to him they still seemed an insult to the art . |
| 10 | Last year they still commanded a majority — 54 per cent . |
| 11 | Yet they still ate an average of 400 calories a day less than usual . |
| 12 | In an interview on Danish radio , the former liberal minister of finance said that , although the proposals in their current form had ‘ improved a lot ’ since the commission started discussing Mr MacSharry 's plan three months ago , they still presented a danger of destroying farming as a professionally run industry . |
| 13 | Nevertheless they still wanted a worker who could communicate with the young and relate to them . |
| 14 | Although they still did an average of three shows a night , after their stint in Paris this was easy . |