Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recent tours of the Republic by New Zealand and world champions Australia demonstrated that it still continues to do so — and how . |
| 2 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 3 | She moved but she still kept glancing about . |
| 4 | Corman called ‘ It 's a wrap ’ on Friday evening , and realized that he still had almost forty-eight hours ' usage left on the warehouse and sets he had rented for The Raven . |
| 5 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 6 | At breakfast the next morning Van Cheele realized that he still felt uncomfortable about yesterday 's adventure . |
| 7 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 8 | She realised that she still had fifteen minutes before the meeting was due to start and on an impulse she rang Paul . |
| 9 | ‘ Sorry I disturbed you … ’ she began stiffly , then registered that he still wore the clothes he 'd worn earlier , minus the suit jacket and tie . |
| 10 | KEVIN PRESSMAN last night revealed that he still wants to leave Sheffield Wednesday — even though he has just signed a new three-and-a-half year contract . |
| 11 | On 7 June 1786 the society noted that it still lacked information on which to base any specific resolution for the encouragement of scientific farriery and the matter was put aside . |
| 12 | In referring once again to employee share ownership schemes , an idea that got him into trouble after the last election , he signalled that he still believed in the ‘ popular socialism ’ that he had advanced in those days as the answer to Thatcher 's ‘ popular capitalism ’ . |
| 13 | For all his much-vaunted ‘ conversion ’ , it seemed that he still lusted after the pleasures of the flesh , still itched to finger the curve of Clare 's side , to feel her thigh brush against his . |
| 14 | And how many biscuit firms came and we still bought from every one of them . |
| 15 | We got on well from the moment we met and we still see each other from time to time , and talk for hours about the good old days . |
| 16 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
| 17 | However , the Tsar broke his promise to share power and stated that he still had overall power . |
| 18 | Eliot 's letter of 22 October confirmed that he still had not received details from the Club ; but he understandably felt that while he could accept our invitation to tea , he ought to reserve his position about dinner . |
| 19 | Bouchard 's studies of identical twins separated at birth and brought up in different countries , classes and cultures , showed that they still shared similarities in actions and habits despite separation . |
| 20 | The next morning the same thing happened and I still had n't the courage to tell her . |
| 21 | This had the desired effect of quietening them again , and he acted while he still had them under control . |
| 22 | However she indicated that she still felt guilty a good part of the time . |
| 23 | He indicated that he still hoped that Mozart would be offered the post of organist there and hinted at some of the intrigue surrounding the appointment . |
| 24 | Fabia discovered that she still had a broad smile on her face a minute after the call was ended . |
| 25 | ‘ Get out ! ’ she yelled while she still had breath , but , even as she started backing rapidly , she knew he had no intention whatsoever of obeying her orders . |
| 26 | The Collector listened from the Residency verandah , his head uncovered , but seated because he still felt too weak to stand for long . |
| 27 | But I thought of the snow , the speed of the train , and the rifle , and decided that I still had no intention of trying to escape . |
| 28 | I saw that she still wore an engagement ring , but she told me very quickly that her fiancé had been a bomber pilot and he was dead , and it was not the same man she had been engaged to when she joined up . |
| 29 | After our return from France we felt that we still did not have the complete story of that operation , and so we went to the Public Records Office at Kew to look up the records of 22 Squadron over that period . |
| 30 | I felt that I still had so much to learn and there were recognised props in the squad . |