Example sentences of "but i [was/were] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | I glanced at the faces on either side of the Colonel , but I was still fascinated by Charlie Vaughan . |
| 2 | But I was still alive . |
| 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 | I said to myself , ‘ this is ridiculous , of course you 're going to be fed properly ’ , but I was still afraid . |
| 5 | I lived near one of my brothers , but I was still alone as always . |
| 6 | But I was still at school when the evacuees arrived mostly from Newcastle and Sunderland , so they would be safe from German air raids . |
| 7 | ‘ I have an 18 month old son so I could only leave the conditioner on for three minutes but I was still very impressed . |
| 8 | By the time I had children of my own , I had overcome by fear to a great extent but I was still a little nervous . |
| 9 | I felt his sadness and hopelessness , but I was still reluctant to embroil myself . |
| 10 | I wanted to help too but I was still too young to leave school . |
| 11 | But I was still denying emptiness . |
| 12 | It did n't sound very pleasant , but I was still anxious to find it . |
| 13 | But I was still invisible as a Chinese woman . |
| 14 | But I was still convinced that we could get the extra 200,000 . |
| 15 | But I was still broke , like . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But I was still Queen of Scots , so I came back to Scotland . |
| 18 | But I was still far too young to venture out in the world ; it was unheard of even for an older girl to leave her home and family and become independent . |
| 19 | At one stage , yes — it was approval , it was ambition , it was all sorts of things , but I was still aware of them . |
| 20 | We got into the car but I was still watching the plane . |
| 21 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 22 | FOOTBALLING people are famous for their turn of phrase , but I was still intrigued to see the reason given by Graham Taylor to justify his choice of Paul Ince as England 's latest captain . |
| 23 | Speaking at home , Mr Samson said : ‘ I ca n't talk about it too much because it is still the subject of an inquiry , but I was still conscious after it went off . |
| 24 | ‘ But I was still reasonably happy with the way I was playing . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , but I was still up with them two ! |
| 26 | And I was , I was laughing and it , everyone was going because it was Patrick Swayze but I was still seeing Whoopie Goldberg ! |