Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] still [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Monie is without Shaun Edwards ( broken thumb ) , Martin Dermott ( elbow ) and Neil Cowie ( groin ) plus Test prop Andy Platt , who is out of contract and has still to agree new terms . |
2 | John Byrne says … he 's looking forward to playing first team football again and has still got a lot of goals left in him |
3 | So anyone who kept their shares has had one hell of a ride and has still multiplied their investment 15 times , at least . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The skirls and laments still echoed in our heads as we rolled through the West 's brooding , lonely landscapes . |
6 | In practice , children under the age of eight are rarely called as witnesses and judges still follow a 1958 House of Lords ruling that a jury could not attach any importance to the evidence of a child of five . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | They pile out of the transport , some still with traces of camouflage cream on their faces and various grasses and leaves still woven into their uniforms to break up their silhouettes . |
9 | Er and er the line came from over here , and on that embankment there was a bridge here , er but they farmer has er removed that embankment , but has still left this part . |
10 | Since 1980 , when he founded his own label , Hannibal Records , he has been an enthusiastic supporter of music from Africa and Eastern Europe , but has still found time to produce albums by mainstream American groups such as REM and 10,000 Maniacs . |
11 | The cold war may be over and dead , but spooks still rule OK — the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned more than 70 US defence , aerospace and financial companies that their industrial secrets are targets of French intelligence agents and diplomats , Defense Week reports , adding that the warning has caused Hughes Aircraft Co to drop plans to exhibit aerospace equipment at the Paris Air Show in June ; a 21-page French government document from about 1990 outlines US aerospace and defence corporate secrets in which French companies are interested , US officials say ; according to the Washington Post , Hughes officials said they were told one item the French memo lists is Hughes ' HS601 communications satellite ; French firms recently outbid Hughes to provide $258m in communications birds to Arab lands . |
12 | He kept firing his inexhaustible gun at us , shattering the entire rear of the car– Susan threw up enough concealed armour plate to keep us safe , but ricochets still twanged through the night . |
13 | The motorbikes clear a way but fans still jump into the road , running behind their favourites and pushing them . |
14 | But Buttons still had hold and if anything quickened as he galloped at the hedge . |
15 | There are , of course , an increasing number of exceptions but concerns still exist about the time involvement of clinicians and whether it represents the most valuable use of their time . |
16 | Chimney-pieces and brass-bound grates had been torn out , dismembered , and sold , but fires still roared savagely , or sulked monotonously under cavernous chimneys . |
17 | Since independence in 1980 some 52,000 peasant farmers had been resettled on 3,000,000 hectares purchased from the 4,000-strong white farming community , but whites still owned 12,000,000 hectares ( 40 per cent of Zimbabwe 's total land area ) . |
18 | But centres still need to see the complete picture for all modules and all students , not least because results data is needed for inclusion in prospectuses . |