Example sentences of "but [pers pn] still [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Goblin Big Boss may have a leadership of only 6 , but he still has 2 wounds and 3 attacks , can carry two magic items and costs only 33 points . |
| 2 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 3 | ‘ David has done a great job over the last few weeks but he still has playing ambitions . |
| 4 | IN THE PINK : Being a snooker star has given Joe a luxury lifestyle , but he still practises six hours a day at his local club |
| 5 | It has dropped much of its collective thinking , which did such damage in the post-war years ; but it still lacks fundamental confidence in the entrepreneur . |
| 6 | Sinclair improved the system by using two heads on a continuous belt but it still takes four passes of each head to create a row of characters . |
| 7 | State power , and consequently that of the education authorities , may have been eroded , but it still controls formal education . |
| 8 | The risk can be reduced by flying in the low tow position below the wake , but it still has some disadvantages and towing in this position has not been generally adopted in Europe or elsewhere . |
| 9 | The second , smaller , chest has clearly been ransacked but it still has some items inside . |
| 10 | This is bound to be somewhat artificial , since the obligation to show all the stages of your reasoning forces you to appear rather more introspective than you would be in real life , but it still provides good practice in arranging and presenting material in an acceptable style . |