Example sentences of "[pron] still [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still get a slight sense of light and darkness , but that 's all . |
| 2 | I still get a childish kick out of pretending that I am a wide-eyed seal who thinks only to play . |
| 3 | I still remain a wee bit puzzled as to why we do n't try to recruit more than one member in any one large organisation , eg the exclusion of Scottish Power people simply because we have a [ Stewart ] member already . |
| 4 | I am no less interested to observe that , for Eliot , who always seemed unhurried , ‘ there is plenty of time ’ could mean a period of not much more than three weeks for reading ( the Strachey book being pretty long ) , writing typing and dispatching : which , given the fact that Spender 's book had not arrived , that I was teaching all day and conducting some evening classes , I still consider a tight fit . |
| 5 | Paul Mellon : The book has n't in any way curtailed my privacy because I still have the same life ; I still have people to answer the telephone ; I still have a private airplane and my travel plans are unannounced ; and I lead my own life . |
| 6 | It was good to see a reference in your magazine to valve amplification ( EW + WW August 1991 ) , but I still have a certain frustration that you may be able to help me with . |
| 7 | Why , I still have a long workout in my net every morning even before our first cuppa ginseng . |
| 8 | I still have a great deal to learn . |
| 9 | Now I still have a large family composed of the family I was born into ( some of it ) and also of a family of friends , sisters , brothers , mothers and children that I have chosen . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I still have a soft spot for Arsenal . |
| 11 | And how deeply she wished she could feel the confidence impressed upon her voice as she added with forced lightness , ‘ Apart from any other consideration , I still have a wet dog to find . ’ |
| 12 | Nine years later , I still have a wonderful marriage and four beautiful daughters . |
| 13 | ‘ I still have a nagging disappointment and frustration from that first leg but I still believe we have a big chance . |
| 14 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |
| 15 | However , I still have a little complaint to make . |
| 16 | ‘ I still have a smooth face , a body without apparent faults … but no one wants to undress me any more , ’ she laments . |
| 17 | I still have a British passport . |
| 18 | But optimistic is also my nature and , although the end of season is in sight , I still believe a final League position of second from bottom is obtainable . |
| 19 | Although I 'm half time , I still run a full section … |
| 20 | Despite rumours to the contrary , Sun says it will not discontinue Sparcstation 2s , which still represent a nice piece of change . |
| 21 | Have I discovered there are past hurts within me which still have a dominant role in the way I cope with conflict today ? |
| 22 | The aims which I put up there , I wo n't go through each one , I think are hopefully fairly self explanatory , the , some of those are going well and some of them still need a hard push , a hard push from us and a hard push from the clubs and the teaching establishments . |
| 23 | It can be paid to individuals who live alone , but who still require a high level of personal care . |
| 24 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 25 | Yet you still receive a clear impression of your surroundings , and can recognise any objects in your field of view . |
| 26 | However thick the dust on your bookshelves may be you will either be reassured that you still remember a great deal of what you originally learnt from your training and former jobs , or you will be seized by momentary panic at how much you have forgotten . |
| 27 | That first tour did a lot to make the rest of the tours tremendously successful because , with all things like that , if you do play to a small group of people and you still do a great show , then by word of mouth the word spreads how wonderful you were , even though it was n't packed . |
| 28 | You still need a key person who 's going |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid that you still have a major problem , ’ the family lawyer had pointed out . |
| 30 | ‘ Whether it 's a right or a duty to report , you still have a professional judgment to make about the circumstances and , frankly , those will be the same . |