Example sentences of "[pron] still [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still kept my nose among the blooms . |
| 2 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 3 | Then I could walk home in daylight , but at bedtime I still searched my room for the murderer , who wore a black leather built-up surgical boot that swung and lurched down thick-pile carpets towards his victims . |
| 4 | I still remember my headmaster 's damning indictment : ‘ Jeannette could be a Cambridge scholar if she were to stop this nonsense of falling in love . ’ |
| 5 | I still remember my surprise at the changed attitudes I noticed in other people when I first put on a white coat . |
| 6 | I must have been about nine , but I still remember my dad putting his back to the door , after Pikey had gone home from a seance . |
| 7 | ‘ I still regard my win in last year 's Derby on Dr Devious as the greatest , thrill of my racing career , ’ he told me . |
| 8 | I still had my navy blue greatcoat , and went to the billeting officer for a few more blankets . |
| 9 | I still had my sight when the marriage was arranged between our families . |
| 10 | Next , I had to frisk myself , to make sure I still had my wallet , limbs , face , dick , being . |
| 11 | I wish I was wrong and I still had my pension . |
| 12 | Dad , if I still had my wee Claxton Annabel could go outside and play in it . |
| 13 | I still had my gun and what was left of Sterling Hayden 's money . |
| 14 | Problem was I was playing a British Military Police Chief , and I still had my uniform on when I turned up at this place . |
| 15 | ‘ I still had my job but I could n't wait to come back here . |
| 16 | I still had his jacket , but he had taken his wallet out at one of the bars and had that with him . |
| 17 | I dreamed last night that I sat by a fire with Grandmother & my brother & when I woke up I still felt my brother 's hand . |
| 18 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 19 | You know I still miss your father . |
| 20 | The man 's face was indistinct , a tall mestizo with large , softly frowning features , but I still heard his voice clearly : ‘ Sucio . ’ |
| 21 | I still enjoy my skiing when I get the chance . |
| 22 | I did it willingly because I still loved his company so much , but I had little money . |
| 23 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 24 | Although I still love my husband , we have n't been happy since my son was born . |
| 25 | And yet I still have my guitar to strum |
| 26 | Although I am down , I still have my pride and dignity and so I thought it only right that I should remove all the silverware I had brought to the club from the trophy cabinet : my cycling proficiency medal , the Mitchley Majorettes runners-up trophy I nicked from their carnival float , my Winston Churchill commemorative coin and the photograph of Michel Platini and myself talking football outside Broadcasting House whilst both waiting to secure Bruce Forsyth 's autograph . |
| 27 | ‘ Do you make love with your business partner and , to prove I still have my humour , is he your sleeping partner ? ’ |
| 28 | But I still have my mother , three sisters , a sort of sister-in-law , and four nieces . |
| 29 | — but I still have my wedding-ring |
| 30 | I seem to have more time for her than I had with them , and I still do my housework and all the washing . |