Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight some of those workers … retired or still employed … may be worried about their future health . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid that still leaves us with a couple of problems . |
| 3 | But , if they can play as indifferently as this and still win by a record margin , then the Gods are obviously with them . |
| 4 | Tory councillors refuse to accept this and still argue the Skinnergate and High Row plans will not work . |
| 5 | But you can believe this and still insist that love is our only hope . |
| 6 | She had never known such deliriously exquisite sensations , never known that one could feel like this and still want more . |
| 7 | I was lucky , bought the books , took the treasure home and found they only covered A to M. Nevertheless I found them interesting and still thought they were a bargain . |
| 8 | So now you can stay fresh and still allow your skin to breathe . |
| 9 | Yet in some areas illegal tips are now two storeys high and still rising . |
| 10 | In the late Carboniferous Coal Measures of Lancashire , a fossil tree has been found , 38 feet high and still standing in its living position . |
| 11 | There is a small Methodist chapel which is over 100 years old and still used every Sunday . |
| 12 | This week , the venerable ‘ Royal ’ links , 105 years old and still tigerish , was at its majestic best . |
| 13 | This one is about three hours old and still lying in the foetal position in which it emerged from the egg . |
| 14 | Among the others there is always growing interest in ( alphabetically ) Paul Auster , Nicholson Baker , John Banville , Peter Carey , Robertson Davies , Dom deLillo , Elaine Feinstein , Alasdair Gray , James Kelman , Jay McInerney and — of all strangenesses — Ellis Peters ( a pseudonym for Edith Pargeter — 80 years old and still going strong ) . |
| 15 | Anyway , it felt weak and wrong to be free and still take the Men 's food . |
| 16 | Members had hoped to get the cash direct and still resist payments for losses . |
| 17 | Hot while this damp and still clings round my head , |
| 18 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 19 | Now it was Maggie , soaking wet and still oozing blood who turned and took Phoebe in her arms . |
| 20 | BLANKED a complimentary letter from the ‘ Proud To Be Plain Club ’ ( ‘ we believe a woman can look average and human in public and still play a role in society ’ ) asking her to be club mascot . |
| 21 | These are just arbitrary conventions : they could have been different and still remained biologically realistic . |
| 22 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your collection , it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 23 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your miniature collection , and it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 24 | Including allies is a good way of expanding your miniature collection , and it also allows you to paint something different and still include it in your army . |
| 25 | You can be schizophrenic and still make a will that . |
| 26 | They can be plain , assertive and still find two handsome husbands without kissing a single frog . |
| 27 | If the tribunal had , for example , decided that it should be comprised of , inter alia , the need for certain fixtures and fittings , and then later ignored this but still invoked the phrase furnished tenancy , all the objections expressed to the separation of the sum from the parts would still apply . |
| 28 | It is much improved but still does not deal satisfactorily with disadvantages that some schools face . |
| 29 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 30 | He devised a set of heavy draft horse casting hobbles which are now outmoded but still bear his name . |