Example sentences of "[noun] still [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now say for instance that because of the minimum solvency er agreement the employers have got to pay whatever their loss is , and if and I asked this question of the T U C that if there was a situation of where the employees were in the majority and forget the pension regulator , because there was a regulator anyway , so you can add whatever name that y you liked to have , but the fraud still went on , but say the employees were in the majority as far as the trustees is concerned and they were in full control and the control was taken away from the employers and there was a a federation of the hundred and twenty eight thousand with a central fund paying off heavy loss of any minimum solvencies , then surely that would be the ideal situation in order to safeguard , because when I asked Goodey himself when he submitted his report , he said they could not give any categ categorical assurance that nobody could defraud in any scheme under the proposals he 's made . |
| 2 | Er on Friday Mike was talking to Rob Rob was at dad 's so Mike was standing talking to them , but my ears still flapped . |
| 3 | For all his qualities , which are many , in those days Dennis still had a huge chip on his shoulder . |
| 4 | By now it was almost one , but Dennis still wanted to party . |
| 5 | Although not packed with tourists like Stratford , Warwick still attracted its fair share of visitors . |
| 6 | While this was a huge boost to such manufacturers as Acorn and Research Machines , it meant that British schools still found themselves committed to relatively basic , 8-bit technology at a time when the rest of Europe was establishing a base of more powerful 16-bit MS-DOS technology . |
| 7 | Tiller writing the storyline still whisked his audience round the world but the comedy element was more dominant . |
| 8 | Before the Berlinetta Speciale most sports cars still had the engine in the front . |
| 9 | Her mouth felt soft and pliant ; her lips still throbbed . |
| 10 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 11 | At the time of Yakovlev 's visit , the state-controlled grain organizations still controlled 45 per cent of all trading turnover in goods and cash , as opposed to 12 per cent through private hands , but Yakovlev realized that the balance was changing quickly in favour of the Nepmen . |
| 12 | The brakes still seemed OK . |
| 13 | Chairman Peter Hollings still insisted yesterday its £18.3m bid last year was ‘ generous and in the best interests of both companies ' shareholders ’ . |
| 14 | The guards still yawned and leaned . |
| 15 | Ellen still clung to my arm . |
| 16 | Ellen still said nothing . |
| 17 | Meeks has suggested that in that year the United States still did not possess truly great stations to match the European models . |
| 18 | The Shah had visited Washington in November 1977 , towards the end of Carters election , and the new administration had impressed upon him that although the United States still regarded him as an important ally , the days of unrestricted arms sales , while arrest and torture by SAVAK were ignored by the US , were over , In fact , the Shah had already moderated SAVAK , released some political prisoners and allowed a little more criticism of his government to be expressed , even before Carter 's inauguration . |
| 19 | Formally the United States still maintained the myth that it would convert official holdings of dollars into gold at the old price of $35 , while informing other central banks that if they attempted to take advantage of this offer at all it would instantly be withdrawn . |
| 20 | It is not enough to explain this , as some outsiders and many insiders did , by invoking some theory of social inertia , to the effect that Libyans still had a Bedouin mentality . |
| 21 | Britta still had no image of Pool . |
| 22 | Even in 1659 the Peace of the Pyrenees still left 350 terres contentieuses scattered along it , with isolated enclaves on both sides , little islands of French or Spanish territory in a surrounding sea of foreign-ruled land . |
| 23 | Maisie still had her ear pressed to the glass . |
| 24 | It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper . |
| 25 | The Duchess had sworn in a very mild tone , but her words still made Lord John bridle . |
| 26 | The foal 's legs still seemed too long for its body and it still was not sure where the four of them were going , but this did not deter it from frisking about . |
| 27 | His body was twisted and his hind-parts and back legs still lay along the ground . |
| 28 | When he started down the corridor Ellen had taken she was surprised that her legs still functioned . |
| 29 | Antony still stood patiently in the background . |
| 30 | The thing was wearing clothing still ; shreds of fabric still clung to it and were somehow interwoven with the grey and leprous flesh . |