Example sentences of "[pron] still [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 2 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 3 | Ellen was amused by my naïvety , claiming that if she dug deep enough she would probably discover that I still believed in Santa Claus . |
| 4 | I still dreamed of food and the convivial , outdoor feast , but I no longer took full part in the proceedings . |
| 5 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 6 | I said , " Yes-sir ? " as if I still worked for Hatch & Hodges . |
| 7 | As we have seen in the section on Education , Wordsworth grew up in a mathematical and scientific age , which still adhered to principles discovered in the seventeenth century . |
| 8 | Rationing , which still applied to meat , bacon , butter , cheese , tea , sugar and sweets , actually became more austere than it had been in 1945 . |
| 9 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
| 10 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 11 | Again , that matter was debated in Committee as the Minister said , after remaining entitlements had been secured , using the surpluses which still remained from TOPS , if any surpluses are left in addition , |
| 12 | Even after the murder of Thomas Becket in his own cathedral on 29 December 1170 , there were churches in Aquitaine which still turned to Henry for help and protection . |
| 13 | Those who still thought in terms of a rural peasant Poland dominated by the feudal power of the szlachta and the Church had little time to adapt their vision . |
| 14 | What little human warmth I required I garnered from the aunts and cousins , who still came to Cliff Top for their annual holiday . |
| 15 | Obviously they had been infiltrated by the enemies who still lay in wait for him in Russia . |
| 16 | Yet you still came across people who thought that South Africa would have won the last World Cup . |
| 17 | ‘ But you still got off cocaine ? |
| 18 | She still stared at Alice , as if unable to believe what she saw . |
| 19 | She still lived at home , handing the meagre amount of money on which she was supposed to have managed to her mother . |
| 20 | her first film at the age of fourteen , when she still lived in Swindon . |
| 21 | She still went to church occasionally , she loved the singing , and in spite of her husband 's example , she still told me ‘ Not to take the Lord 's name in vain . ’ |
| 22 | Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again . |
| 23 | Miss Ruth or Miss Joan , as she still thought of Mrs Lovell and Mrs Young , could probably do with a hand . |
| 24 | That she still believed in Allah and prayed regularly at the nearby mosque . |
| 25 | A pang of regret lanced through her as she recognised how little she still knew of Suzie 's innermost feelings . |
| 26 | There was further antagonism when she failed to get into Leeds Polytechnic but wanted to be with Gedge so much that she still moved to Leeds anyway . |
| 27 | ‘ It would give you and Miss Liza ’ — as she still referred to Celia 's mother — ‘ a bit of a break . ’ |
| 28 | She still dated by Lothar 's reign-years : it was not clear in whose kingdom Uzès might end up . ) |
| 29 | She still liked to type , so they would have got in the way of that , anyhow . |
| 30 | However , we still got to school by 9.00am . |