Example sentences of "was still the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as the pun , I 'm sure the reason Malcolm chose QT was that it was the postal code around where Steve — who was still the singer at this point — was staying . |
| 2 | However , the survey of 3,600 people found that afternoon drinking was still the exception with only 6% of recent drinkers ( those who have had an alcoholic drink in the previous week ) having had a drink in licensed premises between 4pm and 5pm during the previous week . |
| 3 | Diana , pulling faces , was still the girl he remembered , great fun , bouncy and full of life |
| 4 | Diana was still the new girl in those days , very much learning as she went along , shy and unsure of herself , and leaning heavily on others for support and guidance . |
| 5 | There was still the possibility that when they did meet outside , it would be a beginning , and not the end that neither wished for , but both half-expected . |
| 6 | Though Wooderson failed to beat the two healthy Swedes Gundar Hagg and Arne Andersson before 54,000 people , his effort lifted the spirits at a time when , without the tension of war , there was still the dreariness of rationing and shortage . |
| 7 | That is not much in an outstanding total of $800 billion — three times the size of the junk-bond market — but it was still the third-worst year , by value , since the association started to keep records in the 1950s . |
| 8 | Maybe he should go back , but inside him was still the lump of anger against them . |
| 9 | But it was still the boy he spoke to . |
| 10 | Europe , not the States , was still the mecca , and many shopping trips by eager Scousers willing to supply the demand in their home city went some way to doing this . |
| 11 | He was still the school dunce . |
| 12 | With that as its dominant posture , particular schemes could fail and it would still retain and perhaps even enhance its support , if it could claim that it pursued a course which was known to be difficult but which was still the ideologically sound thing to do . |
| 13 | At the third last Rubstic was back-pedalling and it was still the two crocks — Bob Champion and Aldaniti — making the best of their way home from Royal Mail . |
| 14 | There was still the same mournful view across the flooded Shannon from the ruin-studded slopes , with the same toppled tower , arrested in motion , ever-ready to fall . |
| 15 | Kylie ran sobbing out of the studios and did what was still the most natural thing in the world for a 20-year-old girl — she ran home to mummy . |
| 16 | ‘ I went back not long ago , and it was still the coldest place on earth . ’ |
| 17 | The Glasgow of 1951 was still the old Glasgow . |
| 18 | The population of Britain had reached 37 million in 1901 and the Prime Minister was still the Marquess of Salisbury , also the Commonwealth of Australia was established . |
| 19 | For the more energetic there was still the disco where you could dance until the early hours . |
| 20 | This was because the £3 3s. 0d. subscription was still the same as in 1907 not having been increased , making the return on the bond if taken as golf still only around the 3% level , clearly the capital could earn better interest elsewhere . |
| 21 | When a revised edition appeared c. 1775 , Leapor was still the most heavily represented poet . |
| 22 | This imbalance is unfortunate since as Pat Rogers observes : ‘ … there were more first-rate women poets than novelists in the period , and … poetry was still the place where ideas were growing most vigorously . |
| 23 | There was still the bitter disappointment of his failure to win the recognition he deserved . |
| 24 | Nationalism was still the concern of a relatively small part of the globe . |
| 25 | Yes , or did once when it was important to him professionally , when there was still the lurking doubt that no one would call any more to offer him a great new role , an insecurity built on the fact they no one did call in the first fourteen years of his professional life . |
| 26 | Agriculture , despite its declining base , was still the primary element in the West Bank 's economy . |
| 27 | While there was still the quota of run-of-the-mill assignments on the SMH , he quickly established himself and was offered the better jobs . |
| 28 | That was still the kind of work that I wanted to do , and if I thought very much a comprehensive schools it was in a spirit of mild disquiet . |
| 29 | It was still the best skateboarding magazine to date . |
| 30 | Factory greyness had dulled the senses and while the club was still the place to be , it certainly was n't the place to play . |