Example sentences of "i still [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although deep-freezing has revolutionised the way food is preserved , with some kinds of fish I still prefer the old method of salting and sun drying . |
| 2 | My ex and I still met every six months or so , I do n't know why . |
| 3 | I still get a slight sense of light and darkness , but that 's all . |
| 4 | I still get a childish kick out of pretending that I am a wide-eyed seal who thinks only to play . |
| 5 | I still get the louder gusts of laughter and the odd thump and clunk , but the mike will tell me when someone comes to the door . |
| 6 | ‘ And then , although the other horrors faded , I still saw the dead body lying there . |
| 7 | As the group grew to 2,000 people I still knew the key people and was able to approach them even in the latter days when I was one of many . ’ |
| 8 | It 's for that reason that I still support the original line which was to merge the centres with a common management structure headed by a single head of the project . |
| 9 | ‘ I still remember the first name you told me . ’ |
| 10 | I still remember the dirty liquid in my school test tube suddenly turning a brilliant turquoise , then shocking pink and then back to grey all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 11 | I still remember the strong emotions aroused in me when I read the following news report in my morning paper . |
| 12 | I still remain a wee bit puzzled as to why we do n't try to recruit more than one member in any one large organisation , eg the exclusion of Scottish Power people simply because we have a [ Stewart ] member already . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I still had a formless feeling that she understood me where my mother did not . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 18 | No , that would be a false contrivance and anyway I still had a mad hope of catching that five-thirty ferry to Stornoway . |
| 19 | I was not keen to go yet because I still had a vivid memory of that hand . |
| 20 | On impulse I picked up the phone and rang her , hoping I still had the right number . |
| 21 | I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work . |
| 22 | I still had an enormous block when I tried to think of John as a hostage . |
| 23 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 24 | A retired postman who claimed to have been present at the Battle of Studley Constable was interviewed on television , and I still receive the occasional letter from Germans and Americans claiming that fathers or uncles had been at the ‘ battle ’ . |
| 25 | Thirty years later my volunteering instinct has come through intact but I still mistrust the American Air Force . |
| 26 | I then went on to an Orion double bed , followed by a pink Passap ; I still wanted a single bed for speed — we ran a guest house and I was deprived of all knitting during the summer months . |
| 27 | I am no less interested to observe that , for Eliot , who always seemed unhurried , ‘ there is plenty of time ’ could mean a period of not much more than three weeks for reading ( the Strachey book being pretty long ) , writing typing and dispatching : which , given the fact that Spender 's book had not arrived , that I was teaching all day and conducting some evening classes , I still consider a tight fit . |
| 28 | Even if I were a man of deep sensibility and tact — and it sounds pretty wimpish to me ! — I still needed a good night 's sleep . |
| 29 | ‘ Their talent has matured and , although I still love the early stuff , everything since has got better and better . |
| 30 | And yet I still have no dogmatic faith . |