Example sentences of "[conj] it still [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But instead of looking at her , he was staring down at her hand where it still lay on his arm . |
| 2 | For example , Riseholme , near Lincoln , did not finally disappear until the late sixteenth century-ecclesiastical records show that it still existed in the 1520s , but that by 1575 it had no facilities for burials . |
| 3 | The House of Lords held that it still belonged to the timber firm . |
| 4 | Possibly it was secondhand , but it still looked like five bucks ' worth of book , I reckoned . |
| 5 | Out of duty she had caved in , but it still went against the grain . |
| 6 | But it still came as a surprise when she angrily pushed away the unfinished lasagne and stared at him directly . |
| 7 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 8 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 9 | The laser injury which had damaged the tendons was months old , but it still ached after violent exertion . |
| 10 | Lee Marvin 's song ‘ Wand'rin' Star ’ would be unacceptable to most bullfrogs but it still got to number one . |
| 11 | It might be contemptible , but it still had to be worth conquering ; and the fifteenth-century verse chronicle by John Hardyng , which demonstrated that Scotland , with its three fair university cities and fruitful countryside , could easily victual incoming English armies , makes the point very well . |
| 12 | Dad steadied the bottom of the ladder but it still swung about a bit which really frightened me . |
| 13 | But it still suffered from several of the defects of the medieval Exchequer : it was very slow ; it had not the machinery to expand the available sources of revenue ; and it had no effective control over expenditure . |
| 14 | But it still remained to be determined what , if anything , it meant . |
| 15 | An appalling clearance by Knight presented Thomas with the chance , but it still needed to be capitalised on and he launched a tremendous , looping shot which the Rovers ' supporters behind the goal knew was on target from the moment he hit it . |
| 16 | Secondly , the machine was not at the time of the contract in a deliverable state , since it still had to be removed from the concrete emplacement . |
| 17 | His doctor constantly suggested to him the benefits of sun and sea air ( not that he needed any encouragement to visit the sea , since it still evoked for him the happiest memories ) , and in July they travelled , with Eliot 's sister who had come from America , to the Isle of Wight for two weeks . |