Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am still going to sit right at the back of the aeroplane away from you ! |
| 2 | The then Opposition spokesman said that would quickly be done , but I am still waiting for Labour Members to choose the subject for debate in the Select Committee . |
| 3 | They turned out to be very nice digs , but I was still faced , for the first time in my life , with the practicalities of keeping myself fed and clothed , and getting to lectures and passing exams . |
| 4 | The book was never published in America , but I was still called to testify at the committee hearing of the US Senate which was looking into the fate of the missing US prisoners of war . |
| 5 | And I was , I was laughing and it , everyone was going because it was Patrick Swayze but I was still seeing Whoopie Goldberg ! |
| 6 | We got into the car but I was still watching the plane . |
| 7 | I glanced at the faces on either side of the Colonel , but I was still fascinated by Charlie Vaughan . |
| 8 | But I was still broke , like . |
| 9 | But I was still denying emptiness . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got to be rated doubtful but I 'm still hoping , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad I did it , but I 'm still trying to grow out the damage . |
| 12 | " Well , it 's entered in the accounts as " commission " , but I 'm still trying to find out what it was commission for . |
| 13 | It 's ridiculous , I know , wearing the cardigan , I mean — after all , it is May , but I 'm still getting acclimatised . |
| 14 | and I know it 's too close but I 'm still getting a good wash . |
| 15 | My decision has been not to breed from her , but I 'm still sending letters to colleagues who specialise in genetics and orthopaedics , hoping that they might be able to shed some light on the significance of what I unexpectedly found . |
| 16 | ‘ I can only go along with you , but I 'm still asking you not to leave until Dana does . |
| 17 | ‘ I started the sport relatively late , but I 'm still improving , ’ he said as we took a breather at the end of a run through soft but stodgy powder ( he floated over it with extreme grace while I plunged head first into it like a deranged puppy ) . |
| 18 | But I 'm still left with the scars . ’ |
| 19 | I know he 's a liar , I know he can be a liar , but I 'm still bothered by it , I mean |
| 20 | About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room . |
| 21 | Last year 's holiday was great , last year , and I might get a bit of enjoyment out of looking at the photographs , but I 'm still paying for one again this year ! |
| 22 | But I 'm still putting well . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm 40 but I 'm still fit . |
| 24 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 25 | But you 're still looking at the bar spaces a hundred and fifty pounds , and seat spaces two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 26 | ‘ Ah , but you 're still thinking of specific men . |
| 27 | Otherwise you might be desperate to get awa to do something , or get away on holiday , but you 're still waiting for that big win . |
| 28 | You 're tilted slightly , and spinning , but you 're still attached . |
| 29 | ‘ But you 're still going to carry on . ’ |
| 30 | But you 're still missing out a big , very important part of the graph , because for a lot of its range it actually , you know , looks something like well what would that look like ? |