Example sentences of "[verb] still [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Central South we 're landlocked but boating still plays an important part in our leisure and local economy … so let's set sail to London to see the show |
| 2 | Menzieshill still enjoy a three-point advantage with two games to play , but there is now no margin for error as they meet their main contenders , Kelburne , in a final game tomorrow night at the McTaggart Centre . |
| 3 | But the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has still inherited a rich prize |
| 4 | This ‘ gorgeous gargoyle ’ ( thespian O'Toole 's ) description ) might have played more Tests had Underwood not been around , but he has still made a wide impression on the game , made more lasting by this unexpected offering . |
| 5 | Although studying for her G.C.S.E. this year , Lea-anna has still maintained a high standard of play in competitions and county matches as well as finding time to study for her Gold Award and achieving an 85 per cent pass rate on questions relating to the Rules of Golf . |
| 6 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 7 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 8 | Although the domestic authorities do not have the immediate problem of defending a fixed exchange rate under the present system , the external situation has still had an overriding influence on most countries ' domestic policies , as was indicated by UK experience during most of the 1970s and the late 1980s . |
| 9 | " Even a Harvard man has still got an awful lot to learn from life . |
| 10 | The criticisms outlined above have not been completely ignored by the planners , since , although the new structure plans still exhibit a keen adherence to key settlement policies ( National Council of Social Service 1979 ; Shaw and Williams 1981 ) , alternative settlement policies have also been considered . |
| 11 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |
| 12 | Despite the uningratiating recording quality , Bernstein 's earlier NYPO ( Sony ) recording still casts a magnetic spell , even if certain details are pulled out of focus long the way ( the DG remake has n't quite the same sparkle and energy ) . |
| 13 | And er I like to think that if you 'd bought a nice full-nose Morris in nineteen forty five , and you wanted a replacement in nineteen ninety , you 'd have still got a reasonable Metro would n't you ? |
| 14 | However , I do still have a squashed , rather brown and mildewy rose pressed between the pages of a book somewhere , so I suppose that could be classed as my first attempt ! |
| 15 | But whatever talents she had once had , she had now turned ferociously against them , whereas her husband did still pay a curious self-willed homage to the intellectual virtues ; he possessed an 1895 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica which he would , from time to time , read . |
| 16 | Remember , you 've still had a great season . ’ |
| 17 | Oh they 've still got a small part there . |
| 18 | Brothers , sisters , President , we 've still got a long way to go . |
| 19 | However , we 've still got a long way to go on working together with the health service ’ . |
| 20 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
| 21 | Rubbing his head , he continues , ‘ I 've still got a nice big scar to prove it , but those sort of people have ego problems , not us . ’ |
| 22 | Rubbing his head , he continues , ‘ I 've still got a nice big scar to prove it , but those sort of people have ego problems , not us . ’ |
| 23 | Erm the only other thing is , we 've still got a spare man out on the have n't we , covering the breaks . |
| 24 | The Trust still asks my advice , but it 's not an easy process because although I 'm very old I 've still got a clear idea about what I 'd like to do in the garden . ’ |
| 25 | ( I 've still got a wicked hangover and its nearly time to go drinking again ! ! ) |
| 26 | We 've still we 've still got a little bit of fiddling |
| 27 | It is very strange that the slimmer we get the more critical we become of our body , often exclaiming , ‘ but I 've still got a big waist/tummy/hips/bottom ! ’ |
| 28 | and it a it had happened to of slipped away at that time and I went to step off , and , with it not being blown up properly that 's how it just flattened and I went off sid I 've still got a big bruise on my left knee ! |
| 29 | I mean we 've still got a barren at the back , somebody kicks you at the back on that barren and er in the skeleton that 's exactly like the barren in a monkey 's tail |
| 30 | If you 're like me you 've still got a fair way to go ! |