Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [conj] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 bonuses were smaller but still significant : 2.3 percentage points for Fianna Fail , 3.8 for Fine Gael , 6.1 altogether . |
| 2 | Her eyes were puffy and still full of tears . |
| 3 | One of this year 's debutantes , Primrose was pretty but still far too much of a schoolgirl to interest Aubrey . |
| 4 | The splash was dusty but still visible and , without much trouble , I found the beginning of the trail about twenty feet straight ahead in the wood and followed it as easily through the tangled trees and undergrowth as on the day before . |
| 5 | Dana was pale and still half asleep . |
| 6 | The day was cooler and still fresh after the night of rain . |
| 7 | The water was warm and still and so very clear that they could see the lights of the suspended arc-lamps even before they dipped below the surface of the darkened Aegean . |
| 8 | The night was dark and still , and there was not a soul in sight . |
| 9 | The night was dark and still and the middle road had an eerie , forbidding atmosphere . |
| 10 | The night was warm and still , its silence broken only by the sound — a distant , almost disembodied sound — of the soldiers working on the cottage . |
| 11 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 12 | The sky was white and still , unmarked by cloud or blue . |
| 13 | It was late when they reached the great house , but the moon was full , and the night air was warm and still . |
| 14 | His voice was soft but still held authority . |
| 15 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 16 | The birds were silent and still . |
| 17 | The Woman was breathing faster , but Doyle was cold and still . |
| 18 | The afternoon was hot and still ; timeless . |
| 19 | The afternoon was hot and still . |
| 20 | The afternoon was hot and still , the sun 's heat lying over the Monte Samana complex like a physical blanket , making even the liveliest of children sleepy . |
| 21 | Happy days and the money was small but still , do n't worry . |
| 22 | The surface of the lough was black and still now , mirroring the lights at Fahan and Buncrana and between . |
| 23 | Her face was tranquil and still , but her eyes flashed like arrows from one face to the other , observing and remembering , before her large , creamy eyelids veiled their light . |
| 24 | But then she opened her eyes , and her face was clear and still ; Ruth saw the enchantment on her was at an end . |