Example sentences of "still [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 2 | In spite of his bitter criticism of his father , he still asked for help from him . |
| 3 | Erm still got for Sanyos . |
| 4 | Yet still gaped for , dry of lip . |
| 5 | Perhaps she still yearned for him , he thought with a pang of anxiety . |
| 6 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 7 | It still flamed for her and her relief was immense , overpowering the craving for her sexual relief . |
| 8 | His doctor constantly suggested to him the benefits of sun and sea air ( not that he needed any encouragement to visit the sea , since it still evoked for him the happiest memories ) , and in July they travelled , with Eliot 's sister who had come from America , to the Isle of Wight for two weeks . |
| 9 | Late visitors still rummaged for bargains in woollens and local atmosphere . |
| 10 | In spite of the fact that he had let her down badly and most devastating of all , even though he now had a new love — Beth still pined for him . |
| 11 | He 'd thought of her constantly , hoping she still worked for the Bradford family , and the invitation to Christmas dinner with them had caused him more elation than Maud , his wife , though he had n't dared show it . |
| 12 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |
| 13 | I said , " Yes-sir ? " as if I still worked for Hatch & Hodges . |
| 14 | Electrician , you know he still worked for the the electricity board . |
| 15 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |
| 16 | He looked away , momentarily overcome by the strength of what he still felt for her , then forced himself to be insistent . |
| 17 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 18 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 19 | In vacations he still went for interviews with his psychiatrist , who did not feel that he had quite got ‘ to the bottom of things ’ . |
| 20 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 21 | Wales still struggled for possession although Copsey 's aggressive involvement ensured that Ireland 's ball was not delivered as smoothly as it might have been . |
| 22 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
| 23 | In the mid-1980s the Daily Telegraph probably still spoke for the great bulk of Middle England , when , after Britain had yet again resisted international calls to reduce pollution , it announced : |
| 24 | Even so , there was a developing duality in her feelings towards Johnny , and though she still longed for his presence , she feared it , too . |
| 25 | Finishing as low as thirteenth , a pro could still win £1,000 , whilst at the 11th the Bentley Mulsanne still waited for an ace . |
| 26 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 27 | Schiller none the less continued his research and provoked controversy by his estimate that , by the mid-1950s , though space heating sales had fallen to only a fifth of domestic sales , they still accounted for some three-fifths of the peak : significantly more than the BEA had ever publicly admitted . |
| 28 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 29 | Although there has been a substantial move away from the building of three or more bedroom houses in recent years , they still accounted for 60 per cent of the total housing stock in 1986 compared with nearly three-quarters a decade earlier ( Housing and Construction Statistics 1976–1986 , Table 6.8 , 1987 ) . |
| 30 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |