Example sentences of "could still [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson felt that he could still meet the current deficit target for 1989-90 of Can . |
| 2 | It was none of my business , and I knew he could still feel the cold stone of that floor at the hotel while death hammered insistently just above his head . |
| 3 | Martha watched in silence , unconsciously rubbing her palm on her dress because she could still feel the crisp impact of Nana 's hair against her hand . |
| 4 | Charlie could still picture the right waist gunner , Charles Paceley , standing at the right waist gun . |
| 5 | Tribesmen might indeed be benighted savages , but they could still stir the liberal conscience — especially when their very primitiveness and simplicity made them all the more vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous Europeans . |
| 6 | He could still sense the young woman close by , and felt no change in the plan mapped out in the cosmic game of life . |
| 7 | Leafing through bound volumes of those old editions in Beirut , Abu Khadra could still experience the odd moment of journalistic triumph as old newspapermen tend to do , long after their papers have died . |
| 8 | Even through her perfume she could still detect the sour smell of the sheets . |
| 9 | If Reynolds glanced back he could still see the dark bulk of the table against the light , its straps hanging . |
| 10 | He could still see the red shape of burning flames , but they were frozen in time . |
| 11 | She knew she should refuse this assignment and even resign if necessary but to her annoyance she could still see the magnificent figure on horseback , she could still hear the music and the wild applause . |
| 12 | In her mind she could still hear the other woman saying lewdly , ‘ She 's certainly got the hots for you . ’ |
| 13 | He could still recall the sodden weight of the man , hanging from the iron rings upon the outer wall — the struggle to haul him up — the rush of water spewed from the gaping mouth as they turned him over … . |
| 14 | It had made the day perfect when Gran paid for her and Adam to have a ride ; she could still remember the glorious whoosh to and fro , the sense of riding in the air like the wheeling gulls , the bitter disappointment when the woman in charge came to catch their swing boat and tell them their time was up . |
| 15 | Thus if more bonds and fewer Treasury bills were issued , the banks could still obtain the same amount of bills as before ( by paying a higher price ) , with other buyers getting less . |
| 16 | Now , at forty-odd , she could still play the right kind of romantic lead , given a sufficiently elderly and/or bisexual co-star … |
| 17 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 18 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 19 | On the Scottish cruise I distinguished myself by bending our port propeller on a rock in the Caledonian Canal whilst negotiating a shallow bend , and although we could still use the bent prop I was very conscious of the faux pas with our Chairman on board . |
| 20 | I could still catch the early train if I left immediately . |