Example sentences of "still [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Above them on a rocky promontory of convenient geology , Jesus kneels in prayer , an exercise that still goes on in some places , though with less agony and less certainty of address . ’ |
2 | Turkey , which seized the northern third of Cyprus in 1974 and still has up to 30,000 troops here , withheld immediate comment on Mr Clerides ' victory . |
3 | Even when the weather is too bad for astronomical observing , Alcock still wakes up at two-hourly intervals during the night to make meteorological observations . |
4 | Nevertheless , the dominant female still ends up with most eggs . |
5 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
6 | Brady was ordered to shed half a stone but still weighs in at 12 stone 8lb . |
7 | and the Racomitrium lanuginosum sub-community ( North Harris and Lewis ) , where Nardus still dominates along with much Racomitrium but few other grasses . |
8 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |