Example sentences of "still [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had still to plan his own escape route , find a way to get out of the country himself . |
| 2 | She held Lucy 's hand still to light her cigarette . |
| 3 | President Mitterrand 's government ( which has still to finalise its IT plans after more than 18 months ' deliberation ) will , so it says , build on French strengths and remedy the weaknesses . |
| 4 | Oxford looked ready and willing … but Cambridge who 've still to finalise their line-up looked a little lost … |
| 5 | While , at the front , the rout had still to reach its climax , behind the scenes , in the various headquarters , a transformation took place that was , by all accounts , miraculous . |
| 6 | All four have still to reach their 16th birthday . |
| 7 | The challenges are none the less great , and the organization has still to define its role . |
| 8 | We have still to remember its variations , in the changing periods and structures of such societies , but as a categorical distinction it is reasonably clear . |
| 9 | The three district councils in Fife have still to set their rates which have to be added to the regional tax . |
| 10 | For Celtic , who have still to record their first home league win of the season , manager Liam Brady was disappointed , saying yesterday 's performance ‘ was not up to our recent standard . ’ |
| 11 | For Celtic , who have still to record their first home league win of the season , manager Liam Brady was disappointed , saying yesterday 's performance ‘ was not up to our recent standard . ’ |
| 12 | One of my cats , unassuming and docile by nature most of the time , turns into a wild tiger if I have to hold her still to give her medicine . |
| 13 | Trinity Mill has been out of commercial use since the 1930s but is fortunate enough still to retain its fine internal , breastshot wheel , as well as a number of other remains , including a bolter , chaff-chutter and sack scales . |
| 14 | But the Sizewell ‘ B ’ public inquiry had still to run its course , and no firm decision to proceed could be made until that had reported . |
| 15 | Mr Spalvins — one of the few Australian entrepreneurs still to hold his head high — declared his intention of imposing five directors on Bell Resources . |
| 16 | The opposition Party of Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) ended its four-month boycott of the National Assembly parliament on Nov. 19 , while the smaller opposition Democratic Party , with eight parliamentarians , had still to decide its position . |
| 17 | It has been noticed that a few teachers have still to pay their Society membership for 1981 … |
| 18 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 19 | The wind whipped at him , making it hard to hover and harder still to drop his talons on the moving branches on which he was trying to land . |
| 20 | But while Gazza is still to test his recovery , Salako returned at the start of this season and last night played a majestic role in Palace 's first leg Coca-Cola Cup win . |
| 21 | The court has still to make its final decision . ’ |
| 22 | Would labour still to make her great . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've still to make my mind up , ’ said Murray , who runs in a special 2,000 metres race in next Saturday 's TSB Invitation meeting in Birmingham before leaving the next day for three road races in California ; a 5K , 10K and 5K . |