Example sentences of "[pers pn] still have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
2 | Despite this I still had a strong impression that the Principal was clearly in control of the centre and that he would be unlikely to tolerate breaches of the rules . |
3 | I still had a formless feeling that she understood me where my mother did not . |
4 | The problem was that I still had a Jamaican passport and to run in a major meeting like that it was necessary to become a British subject . |
5 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
6 | No , that would be a false contrivance and anyway I still had a mad hope of catching that five-thirty ferry to Stornoway . |
7 | I was not keen to go yet because I still had a vivid memory of that hand . |
8 | Paul Mellon : The book has n't in any way curtailed my privacy because I still have the same life ; I still have people to answer the telephone ; I still have a private airplane and my travel plans are unannounced ; and I lead my own life . |
9 | It was good to see a reference in your magazine to valve amplification ( EW + WW August 1991 ) , but I still have a certain frustration that you may be able to help me with . |
10 | Why , I still have a long workout in my net every morning even before our first cuppa ginseng . |
11 | I still have a great deal to learn . |
12 | Now I still have a large family composed of the family I was born into ( some of it ) and also of a family of friends , sisters , brothers , mothers and children that I have chosen . |
13 | He said : ‘ I still have a soft spot for Arsenal . |
14 | And how deeply she wished she could feel the confidence impressed upon her voice as she added with forced lightness , ‘ Apart from any other consideration , I still have a wet dog to find . ’ |
15 | Nine years later , I still have a wonderful marriage and four beautiful daughters . |
16 | ‘ I still have a nagging disappointment and frustration from that first leg but I still believe we have a big chance . |
17 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |
18 | However , I still have a little complaint to make . |
19 | ‘ I still have a smooth face , a body without apparent faults … but no one wants to undress me any more , ’ she laments . |
20 | I still have a British passport . |
21 | Do I still have a criminal record ? |
22 | ‘ I 'm afraid that you still have a major problem , ’ the family lawyer had pointed out . |
23 | ‘ Whether it 's a right or a duty to report , you still have a professional judgment to make about the circumstances and , frankly , those will be the same . |
24 | Fabia discovered that she still had a broad smile on her face a minute after the call was ended . |
25 | Liz 's education was to take more than three years : she had already decided to specialize in psychiatry , and knew she still had a long journey ahead of her . |
26 | She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year . |
27 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
28 | ‘ She still has a soft spot for you . ’ |
29 | Even with these stocks , we still had a poor customer delivery performance due to our long manufacturing lead time . |
30 | And yet … and yet … we still had a life-form reading from that pile of rubble . |