Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] still [vb base] a " in BNC.

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1 But I seem to have hit on a compromise , a way to make them feel they still have a stake in the treasure , but in addition an enhancement of their family 's reputation . ’
2 In the event that one does arise we still have a senior medical crew on board , and I always carry a radio pager .
3 I mean every Sunday , we have a , a Sunday dinner , I mean it 's usually chicken , cos it 's the cheapest one there is , but I mean we still have a Sunday dinner , we have fresh veg and everything .
4 Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy .
5 Batty said : ‘ If I had to miss the game , I know we still have a squad strong enough to beat Rangers . ’
6 Richard Spindler and Julia Verity know they still have a long way to go .
7 It is often the way with Mughal ruins : while the more primitive forts which preceded them still have an aura of power as they rise solid and impregnable from the burning plains , the silky refinement expressed in Mughal architecture turns , in decay , to something approaching seediness .
8 It 's amazing , even after a forty-year gap , that I feel I still have a rapport with most mineworkers because of my early days in the industry .
9 ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship .
10 I suppose we still need a good , solid centre back .
11 And that has encouraged the Geordies to believe they still have a fighting chance of keeping him .
12 Good , that means we still have a good chance . ’
13 ‘ At that time they were way ahead and I think we still have a thing or two to learn from them , ’ he said .
14 I think we still have a very long way to go erm but
15 If one goes by the ‘ inn and weariness ’ symbolism of Bilbo 's Rivendell song , that means they still have a zest for life .
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