Example sentences of "[verb] still [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Fear of dying still grips our hearts .
2 Despite problems of cutbacks and a diminution of services , more than two-thirds of nurses quizzed still see their future with the National Health Service .
3 The challenges are none the less great , and the organization has still to define its role .
4 President Mitterrand 's government ( which has still to finalise its IT plans after more than 18 months ' deliberation ) will , so it says , build on French strengths and remedy the weaknesses .
5 So anyone who kept their shares has had one hell of a ride and has still multiplied their investment 15 times , at least .
6 The court has still to make its final decision . ’
7 Donald has still got his microphone here and he wants to hear what everybody 's got to say .
8 Ireland , just back from Holland where they sustained five defeats in as many matches , field a full strength side against the Newry select , with coach Cees Koppelaar still shuffling his hand in a bid to find an established side for the Inter-Continental Cup in August .
9 The interior walls are lined with marble slabs and both dome and vaults still have their original mosaics which are of rich and exceptional quality .
10 Huy took this to mean that Merymose still needed his help .
11 There are now some 1500 hakims still practising their Byzantine medicine in Delhi , and they appear to do a thriving business .
12 But remembering still made her blush all over .
13 Hey — I 'd still got my page of dream-interpretation , had n't I ? folded up in my jeans ' pocket ?
14 Although worry still clouded his face , Prior William nodded immediate acceptance of this statement .
15 OPSSAT still receives its funding resources from the Department of Social Security with whom it negotiates a finance budget and a staff allocation .
16 Would labour still to make her great .
17 Television may be much more popular than radio , but radio plays still deserve their place amongst the airwaves , and they are worth listening to .
18 FIVE years after the death of the man she loved passionately for 30 years , Marje Proops still carries his photograph in her handbag .
19 You 'd have still got your wheels .
20 It stands on a rusticated arcade , the windows with their mullions and transoms still have their broken triangular pediments and the bays are divided with strapwork of Mannerist design .
21 It was William who had convinced Preston at an impressionable age that little girls , as they grew up , also grew ‘ two tits and a willy ’ , a fantasy which Preston had accepted as gospel for at least two years and which he sometimes thought still influenced his relations with the opposite sex .
22 Herr Gottwald died still dogging his master 's heels
23 He emerged still clutching his telephone .
24 ‘ I 've still to make my mind up , ’ said Murray , who runs in a special 2,000 metres race in next Saturday 's TSB Invitation meeting in Birmingham before leaving the next day for three road races in California ; a 5K , 10K and 5K .
25 I can usually tell by when I when I 'm doing a fact-find reply obviously you find out whether their erm position is , is erm simply building society or national savings investment , or whether they 've gone into shares or unit trusts or investment trusts , and you can see at what level they 're operating and of course if they 've still got their money under the bed , then
26 the fact that we 've still got our supervision
27 Er well we do n't cos we 've still got our tea on it .
28 One of the kids said : ‘ Sir , you 've still got your earring in ’ . ’
29 You 've still got your suite have n't you ?
30 Well you 've still got your one fifty in , so times one point five .
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