Example sentences of "she still " in BNC.
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| 1 | May be she did not do as well in the major championships as in previous years but in 1990 she still managed to win one Australian , get in to the final of the French and the US Opens , and the semi final of Wimbledon . |
| 2 | And she still called me her ‘ leettle doggie ’ . |
| 3 | She lives in a large , sunny and specially adapted local authority bungalow in Northampton : the walls of the living room are decorated with her paintings ( done when she still had some use of her right hand ) and her kitchen cupboard is covered with postcards , love letters from old boyfriends and local newspaper articles . |
| 4 | Technically she still has some rough edges — a peremptoriness in her phrasing , an uncertain control over her own force - but the full easy strength of her dancing and the scale of her projection promise important things to come . |
| 5 | Years later , in Bergamo , she still teaches the old shepherd 's phrases to her talking blue-rock thrush . |
| 6 | She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi . |
| 7 | Maggie 's sobs were becoming more natural , but she still had her arms tight round Phoebe 's neck and her head pressed against Phoebe 's breast and her voice was muffled . |
| 8 | She realised that she still had fifteen minutes before the meeting was due to start and on an impulse she rang Paul . |
| 9 | She still gets a bit funny sometimes , and wo n't go out at night , even if there 's a party or summat . |
| 10 | I call out her name again , but she still do n't hear me — she 's too busy talking to the woman . |
| 11 | ‘ She still hankers after the Adlon . ’ |
| 12 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 13 | Catriona Stewart sells her patch boxes to some of the most exclusive shops in the country , yet she still works at the kitchen table ‘ with meals , toys and people all around ’ . |
| 14 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 15 | She still travels the world , tirelessly delivering papers at scientific gatherings and converting anyone she comes across on the way . |
| 16 | She still likes pop music , especially the singers and groups she grew up with , like Neil Diamond , Dire Straits and Duran Duran , and thoroughly enjoys the rock concerts she attends , but she now finds classical music more soothing to read and work to . |
| 17 | ‘ Two years ago my wife changed to first class to ensure a seat — it 's another £700 — but she still does n't get one . ’ |
| 18 | Dame Janet Baker may have announced her retirement from public performance , but she still plans to make one or two recordings . |
| 19 | But she still laboured under the apprehension that she had to prove herself better than a famous opponent who has been more successful than any other English singles player of the decade . |
| 20 | But she was n't planning to go to her parents — I know because I rang them on Tuesday when she still had n't turned up . ’ |
| 21 | Although she was scrawny , she still managed to have a double chin . |
| 22 | She still said nothing to her family when she got home , but the next day she put her London house on the market . |
| 23 | Despite her determination to be happy , she still suffered from chaotic dreams , and quickly plunged into everyday activity to save herself from the terrors of her own mind . |
| 24 | She still looked attractive , even with black rings round her eyes , he decided . |
| 25 | If she still managed to get anything in the way of a book published he would persuade some friends to provide bad reviews . |
| 26 | She found she still could n't eat . |
| 27 | ‘ Bread and jam , my dear ? ’ said Mrs Hollidaye as though she still had her cloth-ears on . |
| 28 | I often thought her blindness was not entirely physical : she wanted finally to shut her eyes to the sorrows and miseries of the son she still adored , for she could not bear to see me suffering . |
| 29 | My mother was beside herself and after that , although she still almost worshipped her , she was afraid even to hold her up or lift her , so I had all the care of her . |
| 30 | Her Dad : that door was firmly closed now ; she did n't see it ever opening again although she still watched it , hoping . |