Example sentences of "[pron] still [vb past] a lot " in BNC.

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1 I knew I 'd win because after the semi-final , I still had a lot in my tank . ’
2 I still needed a lot of things .
3 The growth of the middle classes as industrialization became , got under way , men , more men earned their money , so instead of having two classes , the working class and the upper class who spent their lives in leisure , in idleness , you got another class of people who had to earn their living , but who still made a lot of money .
4 So I mean do think that perhaps you still got a lot , a bit of unnecessary and indeed and we er will not .
5 And she closed one eye in a grotesque wink , leaving Sally-Anne to guess what the bit of all right was — a visit to a music hall or a theatre , she assumed — wrongly , for she still had a lot to learn about the ways of the aliens among whom she lived .
6 But we still did a lot of sport and work on the assault course , which was a set of twenty-four gut-wrenching obstacles set on the edge of the camp .
7 Polly had total faith in Nathan 's seamanship , but they still had a lot of ocean to cross , and the radio was a source of vital information regarding sea and weather conditions .
8 But they still had a lot of ground to make up .
9 Deputy manager of communication services at the Hotel , Catering & Institutional Management Association , Tim Knowles , said that although he welcomed the directive , it still needed a lot of work in its present form .
10 He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him .
11 He still had a lot of contacts who valued his priorities of customer care and quality .
12 But he said afterwards that he still had a lot to learn about driving an Indycar .
13 He still got a lot in the bottle there
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