Example sentences of "[noun pl] still [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duchess had sworn in a very mild tone , but her words still made Lord John bridle . |
| 2 | Even then , 26 Tory Eurosceptics still defied Mr Major to vote against the Government while at least another six abstained . |
| 3 | " Oh yes , darling , " Jenny exclaimed , her eyes still watching Matthew . |
| 4 | Niki still thought Ron Dennis was giving Prost the better service . |
| 5 | But Labour 's ranks still embrace Bernie Grant , of Tottenham , who called the party ‘ white fascists ’ , and Paul Boateng , once the GLC 's notorious anti-police campaigner , now a Treasury spokesman . |
| 6 | Even so , the IMF 's new figures still lift China 's share in world output to 6% — three times its previous weight , making it the world 's third-biggest economy behind America ( 22.5% ) and Japan ( 7.6% ) . |
| 7 | Prefaces by Margherita Asso , Alvise Zorzi , and others outline the problems still facing Venice , especially the lack of detailed studies of the urban fabric and the stalemate over the mobile dams to be constructed in the lagoon . |
| 8 | The slogan-makers still invoked Lenin 's name but slogans were ignored . |
| 9 | The fact that , though they had been pared , no fewer than 13 charges still awaited Mr Nadir is discouraging . |
| 10 | I saw on a church bill-board recently the familiar statement , ‘ Wise men still seek Christ ’ . |
| 11 | The Turks still held Macedonia ( Rumelia ) and in eastern Rumelia exercised authority through a Christian governor , appointed by the sultan ; Turkish troops might be maintained there and forts garrisoned , but the province was officially ruled under ‘ conditions of administrative autonomy ’ . |
| 12 | But the bookies still considered Roberto the outsider of the three . |