Example sentences of "[noun sg] still [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiller writing the storyline still whisked his audience round the world but the comedy element was more dominant . |
| 2 | Maisie still had her ear pressed to the glass . |
| 3 | The comparison between the axial age and the Hellenistic age also serves to remind us that Hellenism still affects our attitude towards ancient civilizations . |
| 4 | but the echoes of light still staining our eyelids . |
| 5 | Jezrael fluttered her eyelids to see him but the blue light still opaqued her vision . |
| 6 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 7 | The monument still retains its fine Renaissance grille by G. Schmidthammer , finished in 1591 . |
| 8 | Detailed coverage of Sports Car races is also included as the Sports Car still has its special appeal and aura . |
| 9 | Why can the tobacco industry still advertise their products , while cannabis , one of the safest drugs known to man , still remains illegal ? |
| 10 | But the tobacco industry still reaches its target through general interest publications read by young people , through overt product placement in films and through lengthy coverage of tobacco sponsored sport by the BBC . |
| 11 | I put my hands out to the wall and , as I did so , the optimist still containing my legs , drifted away slowly , leaving my stomach sagging gracefully into the water . |
| 12 | On this side of the Channel , in contrast , religion still maintains its place in schools , however uneasily ; and this itself has made it easier to assume that somehow or other there will be moral teaching as well . |
| 13 | The cell still echoed my voice . |
| 14 | London Transport Underground still draws its power from Lots Road , the vast elegant power station that overshadows Chelsea Harbour . |
| 15 | The newly restored Chinese bedroom still has its original hand painted eighteenth century wallpaper , and features a ceiling painting of flying cranes.Queen Mary slept here in 1937 during a visit to Herefordshire . |
| 16 | Ironically , that part of the vine still receiving its principal nourishment from the grafted rootstock would send out its own shoots and , unchecked by any sort of pruning , these would produce hybrid fruit of an unplanned nature . |
| 17 | Roughly translated , it would appear that this single mother is not fit to guide the spiritual education of Catholic children , while the priest still enjoys its blessings . |
| 18 | Jeopardy still had his back to him . |
| 19 | Keening by the side of the corpse , the professional nacarena still howled her tale of the deceased , spinning it out from scraps of information the family had told her , and then delivering it bound and knotted into a customary warp of praise and lamentation with the reassuring catch-phrases that were always used , to level the pleasant and the unpleasant , the cherished and the despised into a democracy of death , making each death absolutely regrettable , knitting up into the web of the dirge the separate individuals of the community . |
| 20 | This lack of interest in money meant that all the brothers would probably be poor for ever , but Angel still admired his father 's belief that money was not important . |
| 21 | But the boss still wants his money . |
| 22 | The mill still contains its iron half-breast shot wheel together with all the machinery , stones etc , although much of this has been idle since the early 1950s and has fallen into disrepair . |
| 23 | The mill still boasts its impressive chimney and mill clock , set in the front wall . |
| 24 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 25 | The camera eventually tracks away leaving the boy still shaking his boot , part of the furniture of the front line . |
| 26 | In its earnest liberalism , the Arts Council still has its sights fixed on a conflict-free Utopia full of maximum diversity and minimum friction . |
| 27 | The sun still threw its dappled mantle and the trees still creaked and resonantly vibrated in the oldest of symphonies . |
| 28 | When Vo Quy was young — and was the local schoolteacher and an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist — his village still had its own rainforest , one that it was committed to protect . |
| 29 | Surprisingly , the village still retains its compact ‘ cosy ’ atmosphere with plenty of activity going on during the day , but any large scale development could reduce it to just another dormitory for Hull . |
| 30 | He added that while ICI 's vigorous reshaping programme last year helped the company weather the storm slightly better than some of its rivals , the recession still remains its greatest problem . |