Example sentences of "[pron] still [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I still got that feeling that we lost something . |
| 2 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 3 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 4 | I still had that hurdle to overcome . |
| 5 | It should be clear from the previous chapters that although I still had some sense of personal identity when I became anorexic , I simply did not have the opportunity or know-how to form an Eriksonian ego identity . |
| 6 | I still had this idea that my weight was too personal a topic for other people to talk about . |
| 7 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour — to be a woman in control but sexy and fun . |
| 8 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour . |
| 9 | But I still had more room than I needed in that so that was quite useful . |
| 10 | Keys I get them out I still lost those ones that I got with the matches . |
| 11 | In spite of their weariness and thirst they declined to drink the water which the Europeans had been using and which was stored in half a dozen hip-baths brought over from the Residency a week earlier ( only one of which still contained any water ) . |
| 12 | One local authority in tackling the problem of odour nuisance from maggot farms in their area not only insisted on the installation of catalytic incineration equipment but on disposal of the sawdust waste , which still contained some maggots after sieving , by bagging and subsequent incineration in the municipal incinerator , instead of burying the waste as had been done previously . |
| 13 | Purgatory , according to Roman Catholic faith , was a state of suffering after death in which the souls of those who died in venial sin , and of those who still owed some debt of temporal punishment for mortal sin , were rendered fit for heaven . |
| 14 | His aim was to boost flagging sales , and for the first time during the recession new cars came within the grasp of those who still had some cash . |
| 15 | Since peasants who still possessed any seed reserves or livestock were excluded from relief , they were compelled to sell them off in some cases in order to survive . |
| 16 | A new girl asks , ‘ You still got that man in there ? ’ |
| 17 | You still got that hanky ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The sex object , ’ quipped Maria , a sweet clenching sensation assailing her loins as she reflected on the helplessness of her response to his torrid lovemaking , resentment rising a second later because she still lacked any semblance of control over their relationship . |
| 19 | She still got that thing all over her ? |
| 20 | she still had that cold |
| 21 | By anybody 's reckoning , she still had another week in which to go through agonies about it . |
| 22 | By Friday she had arranged everything to Rob 's satisfaction , although as she handed Luke his notes for the meeting in York she still had some reservations about his reaction to his brother 's methods of expressing gratitude . |
| 23 | She lives in a large , sunny and specially adapted local authority bungalow in Northampton : the walls of the living room are decorated with her paintings ( done when she still had some use of her right hand ) and her kitchen cupboard is covered with postcards , love letters from old boyfriends and local newspaper articles . |
| 24 | As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her . |
| 25 | She prayed that Steve would n't see the truth — that she still loved that man , passionately , even though he had deceived her so , and that her heart was breaking inside her . |
| 26 | Though when she might have let him know that she was quite able to make her own decisions , thank you very much , she remembered — she still wanted that interview with him . |
| 27 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 28 | We were very happy , for we were so grateful that we still had each other . |
| 29 | However , I felt we still needed more trials so that I could prove without doubt that my inch loss theory worked . |
| 30 | The agreement formally ended 13 years of civil war , although small-scale fighting reportedly continued , and analysts were generally cautious in their appraisal of the agreement , noting that there still remained many barriers to genuine peace in Cambodia . |