Example sentences of "[noun sg] still did " in BNC.

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1 Gedanken still did not look at all happy .
2 They did n't chat each other up , because Boy still did n't know what to say half the time , and O did n't want to say anything , not any more , he had said too much to too many men .
3 The boy still did not move .
4 But then , as the silence lengthened and fitzAlan still did n't move , curiosity got the better of her .
5 The buyer still did not pay .
6 This House of Lords decision still did not achieve a clear distinction between leases and licences .
7 as you turn it up , it 's gon na pull straight , that bit still did n't do it so we went to the other side , put the cramp the other way and having put that one down and that one up , now if you sight that now through there
8 But Mama still did n't answer , just poured a mug of tea for Death , then took a sip of her tea .
9 He knew there had been fighting about Charleroi , and he had heard of some skirmishes being fought in the villages south of the Prince of Orange 's headquarters , but whether the French had invaded in force , or whether there was an attack coming in the direction of Mons , the Duke still did not know .
10 Her mother 's hands were very important — a distant importance for they scarcely ever touched her ( old Nan still did up her buttons ) , or she them ; but she felt a longing to kiss their faintly pink thumbs bite them perhaps , not to hurt , of course .
11 Our doughty competitors realised that was out of their reach , but the glamour still did n't fade .
12 In December 1989 , coinciding with an improvement in Soviet-Vatican relations , Uniate congregations had been allowed legally to register [ see p. 37129 ] , and while the Uniate Church still did not formally enjoy full legal status most obstacles to its operating legally had been removed by the October 1990 Soviet law on freedom of worship [ see pp. 37787-88 ] .
13 But Pool still did n't stop . ’
14 Further monitoring and analysis , however , showed that the improvement still did not fully resolve the problem since aborted calls were still being experienced .
15 A senior aide of the President was quoted as saying that the new version still did not meet Walesa 's demands .
16 Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused .
17 My dad still did n't say anything .
18 Ogrizovic came out , checked back , but in retreat still did not think the chip would float in .
19 But , but their productivity still did rise within the mutual aid , of the poor .
20 ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk .
21 Her mother still did n't answer .
22 Chopra still did not know what was being excavated , or why they had stolen the most powerful thermonuclear device ever created .
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