Example sentences of "[pron] still [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still got a bit of coffee left after I finish eating the doughnut , so I sip it slow to make it last , and look round the caff . |
| 2 | ‘ I still get a kick out of listening to records that do n't have an ingrained time period , records by people like The Cravats or Metal Urban or early Cabaret Voltaire . |
| 3 | alright , mind you I still get a bit nervous now , I get a bit do n't know why , I always |
| 4 | Father did n't like me to be there when Diggs came and , anyway , I still had a couple of Poles to check before the sun went down . |
| 5 | I still had a stone in my hand , and the moment the bobby turned into the alley I threw this stone up the other end . |
| 6 | Thanks to her I still had a roof over my head , but this economic patronage subtly altered relations between us in a way that did nothing to improve my self-respect . |
| 7 | I knew I 'd win because after the semi-final , I still had a lot in my tank . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm thankful , ’ he says , ‘ that I cam to my senses as early in my life as I did — while I still had a career . ’ |
| 9 | And I still like a lot of the , the classics an and the good , the good English . |
| 10 | This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school . |
| 11 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 12 | And losing two like that , I still wanted a baby . |
| 13 | I still feel a pang at the thought of her all pink and blonde and sticky and snotty nosed . |
| 14 | I still feel a sense of pride at having been a member of the Three-Ninetieth . |
| 15 | Sometimes these sophisticated nine-year-olds really do seem to have the bug but I still feel a bit uncomfortable encouraging them because they are so young . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry too , I still feel a bit peculiar . " |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd offer to help , ’ she said apologetically , ‘ but I still feel a bit wobbly . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yeah , to a large degree I still scoop a lot out for the rhythm sound , but for lead I add a bit of mid . |
| 19 | I still possess a tape-recording of a news report I made for Irish radio in which — to a background of Palestinian rifle fire — I hear my own voice informing listeners in the furthest villages of County Mayo that they are listening to ‘ the last shots of the Lebanese civil war ’ . |
| 20 | In fact I still possess a tape of the GFE performing some pretty oddball chamber pieces of Mason 's , with titles like Dead Swan in Bolshoi Pit Incident , Slug Tease and McGonagle 's School Bus Rumpus . |
| 21 | I still needed a lot of things . |
| 22 | I still have a foothold in Baldersdale , which is not widely known . |
| 23 | But I still have a map drawn by one of his colleagues , marking all the main sea-trout and salmon lies on Stack ; worth its weight in gold , quite irreplaceable . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course I still have a wife , but there 's no need for you to worry your pretty little head about it . |
| 25 | I still have a phone with a dial on it , but my wife has one with buttons . |
| 26 | I ca n't drink it you , I still have a drink yet |
| 27 | It 's amazing , even after a forty-year gap , that I feel I still have a rapport with most mineworkers because of my early days in the industry . |
| 28 | I still have a copy of Spring 1931 Nonesuch — a much more lighthearted effort than your current issue . |
| 29 | I still have a letter dated September 1939 , just after the outbreak of war , saying that ‘ Sir Fowler Harrison would be obliged if Mrs Birkett would supply eight or nine pounds of Cotherstone cheese , going blue if possible , and another ready for eating at once ’ . |
| 30 | I still have a letter written in pencil from his camp at Laisamis on his way to Nairobi in 1914 . |