Example sentences of "[conj] i be still [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | We finally settled for a modern house in a village three miles away , where I am still living . |
2 | So it is bread on both rods , except that I make a paste for the free-line rod so that I am still offering a bait on a weightless rig . |
3 | After we had drunk the coffee , Kelly said , ‘ Do you notice that I 'm still wearing the blue boots you gave me for my birthday ? |
4 | ‘ If he does , it would mean that I 'm still playing at 40 and I said many years ago that I felt that was possible . |
5 | Dear Rosemary , ‘ I thought you would like to know that I 'm still following your diet ( almost anyway and I have never felt better for years . |
6 | The one that 's been really bad , is the one that I 'm still doing , they ca n't see that . |
7 | The truth is , of course , that I 'm still presenting the programme for HTV more than twenty one years later . |
8 | That I 'm still rehearsing Hamlet somewhere and waiting for the pain to end . ’ |
9 | Bearing in mind that I 'm still finding my way around Symphony , I fear that every next step might lock the processor . |
10 | I thought I was doing what I , and I alone , wanted to do , but my pursuit of academic superiority shows that I was still striving to be the person my parents wanted me to be . |
11 | Six months after this promotion he again called me to his office to suggest , in his gentle diplomatic way , that while the CBC was happy with my work as Production Manager , it had been observed that I was still producing almost as many shows as before . |
12 | Before I left , I told Eliot that I was still toying with the idea of writing the book on politics , which had increasingly been absorbing me , and I described to him something of what it had been like to live under a benevolent dictatorship . |
13 | But whereas before meal-times had implied some sort of positive interest in eating , their purpose now was the active avoidance of eating , the opportunity to prove to myself that I was still achieving , still winning . |
14 | He glanced at the paint pot and brush that I was still holding . |
15 | The only remarkable thing about me was the fact that I was still doing a holiday job at the age of forty . |
16 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
17 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |
18 | I mean , I was using a couple of grams a day , so I was still feeling bad withdrawal effects even after that two-month period . |
19 | I hope today we can get rid of this issue we can put it where it belongs in the House Of Commons , we can get rid of it and make sure that Leicestershire helps that and I am still willing to talk to the hunt . |
20 | ‘ And I am still meeting patients like her , rejected by family and past friends , ’ she went on . |
21 | You can still see the algae in the water , and I am still drinking bottled . |
22 | It still gives a lot back to me , and I am still making new friends . |
23 | ‘ And I am still having fun , ’ she says . |
24 | Three years and 245 days into our investigation and Sheriff Truman and I are still batting our heads against the same old' brick wall . |
25 | Three years and 245 days into our investigation and Sheriff Truman and I are still batting our heads against the same old' brick wall . |
26 | ‘ What we have here , ’ she says , ‘ is an oldtime country school , and I 'm still teaching and the kids are still learning . ’ |
27 | I have been an avid machine knitter since 1956 and I 'm still learning new ways or doing things . |
28 | I ca n't afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present , or be able to tell you not to worry — I 'm twenty-eight years old and I 'm still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp . |
29 | And I 'm still shattered . |
30 | ‘ Then I thought , My Gorgeous Life , because I 've had a gorgeous life and I 'm still having one . |