Example sentences of "but still it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ St. Magnus Martyr was not as important as Stonehenge , but still it was not insignificant . ’ |
| 2 | Crisp had slowed almost to a trot , but still it seemed that he might hold on . |
| 3 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 4 | He frowned as he strode along , thudding his staff on the ground at every stride , but still it was the loss of the sack rather than of the children that seemed to be the cause of his anger . |
| 5 | Korg 's A4 is n't claiming to be the last word in processors , but still it offers a lot for the money . |
| 6 | The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . |
| 7 | Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse , but still it would not budge an inch . |
| 8 | The sound retreated , but still it was there , somewhere in the night , as if thrumming along some wire sunk in the ground . |
| 9 | But still it troubled him . |
| 10 | But still it continued to wash away , around the edges of tables , between the legs and fingers of statues . |
| 11 | The nasty , smooth , clean , man-smelling peg was laid bare to the length of a rabbit 's ear , but still it did not come loose . |
| 12 | But still it was an intrusion . |
| 13 | . But still it was er one way of getting a good meal , everyday . |
| 14 | Now she felt better , but still it seemed that everything had changed . |
| 15 | But still it was clear that , amidst her preoccupations , there was scarcely room to think of him as anything more than a temporary ally . |
| 16 | The gravediggers got hold of the coffin and shook it ; they pulled it this way and that , twisted it , hacked at it with a spade , levered at it with crowbars ; but still it would n't move . |
| 17 | But still it 's an important paper that sort of broke away from a lot of the traditional thinking and led towards a lot more feminist stuff . |
| 18 | The Crown 's credit was good , but still it needed to assign some regular revenue : thus Cade had the farm of Dover from 1154 ( and presumably earlier ) until 1161 . |
| 19 | You lie low for a while , and you disperse a handful of coins , singly , perhaps not to the best advantage , but still it 's all clear profit . |
| 20 | But still it was fun to see it . |
| 21 | But still it 's all part of the . |
| 22 | So I thought I 'd put in for that , it was a lateral move you know , but still it was getting back to my depot and nearer my home . |
| 23 | But still it is very carefully structured with a setting verse , a narrative verse and finishing off with a reflective verse and 10 syllables in each line and Futility has the same feeling of careful planning and construction . |
| 24 | But still it serves the purpose do n't it . |
| 25 | Yeah but still it might be less it might be more . |