Example sentences of "but i still [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … . |
| 2 | It was a bit everything-but-the-kitchen-sink on sexual politics , and its switches from comedy to Myra McFadden 's chilling incest victim 's song might have been a bit startling , but I still felt pleased with it and learned ( I hope ) an awful lot from it , mainly about structure which I find hard , and how to pinch plots from people who knew how to do it . |
| 3 | This time the porridge was not burnt , but I still felt hungry , as the quantity was so small . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I never had an hour 's happiness with her , but I still thought about her , day and night , and my dearest wish was to marry her . |
| 6 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 7 | I think in fact it was too warm but I still thought it was cold . |
| 8 | Receptionist Amanda France , 23 , said : ‘ It 's not as funny as his other films but I still laughed out loud . ’ |
| 9 | Meeting Jenny the following day at least gave me something else to hang on to , but I still had n't the faintest idea how everyone was going to react . |
| 10 | I would probably have liked to replace my boots and ski-jacket , but I still had n't much personal money . |
| 11 | I might have been able to afford to pay them on the spot because of the win , but I still had to get home on the train that night . |
| 12 | But I still had doubts about giving up my job at Lloyds insurance firm , so for another year ( they were yearly contracts then ) I was allowed to keep the job , training two nights a week and playing in the reserves . |
| 13 | In the beginning , when I was two or three , I could n't reach the barrel — but I still had to join in . |
| 14 | My foot was giving me murder , and it got worse during the next few days , but I still had to go out and fodder the cattle . |
| 15 | Some years earlier , I had lost almost 2st ( 12.7kg ) from my heaviest weight of 10st 3lbs ( 65 kg ) , but I still had revolting hips and thighs as you will see from my ‘ before ’ photograph . |
| 16 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 17 | My picture was also there but I still had to present my ID before I was allowed to play a note of Mozart or whatever . |
| 18 | I 'd have waved back , but I still had the manacles on . |
| 19 | I had got to the beach , but I still had to find the dinghy — and Joanna . |
| 20 | But I still had more room than I needed in that so that was quite useful . |
| 21 | But I still had to pay the new increase like ! |
| 22 | But I still got that feeling that we lost something . |
| 23 | I breathed through my mouth , but I still got the feeling of it . |
| 24 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
| 25 | But I still went out with Michael . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've no love for the SDLP either but I still went and spoke to them too . |
| 27 | Unlike my old man I did n't go much on pubs , the dogs or cribbage but I still went on supporting West Ham most Saturday afternoons . |
| 28 | But I still enjoyed it the second time . |
| 29 | Still with no instructions , by trial and error , I discovered how to do welts , Fisherman 's rib and even racking , but I still knew nothing about tension squares . |
| 30 | But I still ran 20.51 seconds for a personal best , so I was happy . |