Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The production of textiles was still going up ; in 1913 two-thirds of the whole world 's imports of cotton goods still came from Great Britain . |
| 2 | However , the idea that archive work might be used in the training of embryo diplomats still surfaced from time to time in France . |
| 3 | Profits still tumbled from £68m to £33m but that includes £8m of redundancy costs . |
| 4 | Ten per cent of its finances still came from government sources in the early sixties . |
| 5 | She wrenched her face away from his , her breathing fast and shallow as she stared up at him , her pupils still dilated from the passion he 'd stirred in her . |
| 6 | Although about two-thirds of students still came from the gentry estate , an increasing proportion of them seem to have been poor . |
| 7 | Embassies still went from Moscow to the states of Europe at irregular and often long intervals and stayed only briefly . |
| 8 | They were quiet at this early hour and the cobbled stones still glistened from the night 's rain . |