Example sentences of "it still [vb past] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it still came as a surprise when she angrily pushed away the unfinished lasagne and stared at him directly . |
| 2 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 3 | Although I 'd rung on the Thursday and they said his kidneys were failing , it still came as a shock when they rang on the Saturday at 9.30 in the morning to say he 'd died . |
| 4 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 5 | This emerges clearly in its tortuous attempt to grapple with what it still regarded as a fundamental difference between ‘ Asian ’ and ‘ West Indian ’ patterns of educational performance . |