Example sentences of "[noun] still [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hansford still plays at 70 and has no plans to retire . |
| 2 | 6 How far had the boats still to travel at 8. p.m ? |
| 3 | Although stocks have fallen from their earlier high of 32 million tonnes due to an upsurge in the steel industry , at the end of June 1984 stocks still stood at 18 million tonnes . |
| 4 | At the end of 90 minutes the score still stood at 1–1 and the game went into extra time . |
| 5 | Passengers in the early days of air travel had to be courageous and long suffering — qualities still needed at some airports today . |
| 6 | He looked at Jimmy Boyce , or rather he looked at his tie — all red and blue , almost patriotic , and yet the tie still hung at that curious angle . |
| 7 | But people still shopped at different shops ? |
| 8 | Does your niece still live at One House ? |
| 9 | The controls still answer at high altitudes . |
| 10 | If you came to this country after 1948 as an adult , your working life still started at 16 , so you will probably have a reduced pension . |
| 11 | At the end of the first day ( a long day , which had our reporters still scribbling at 10.20 pm ) , the chart had acquired two heartfelt anonymous complaints : ‘ Working with — not against ’ and ‘ Valuing everybody 's contribution ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Does a Mr Elmore still live at that address , please ? ’ |
| 13 | This time , the couple still shouted at each other , but were open and honest about how they felt . |
| 14 | The Jewish civil year still begins at this time , but since the exodus from Egypt the Jewish ecclesiastical year has begun with the month Nisan at the spring equinox . |
| 15 | Intervention by monetary authorities of the G-7 countries to support the yen following turbulence in Japanese equity markets helped the yen recover slightly , but at the end of May , the Japanese currency still stood at 6 per cent below the level at the time of the Louvre Accord in February 1987 [ see p. 35609 ] . |