Example sentences of "yet still [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industry threatens to collapse under the weight of industry bodies and lobbies , yet still they keep being born . |
| 2 | Yet still they work in improving the mood from where it is now and still there may be no perception that the depressed mood and damaging consequences of use could possibly be the responsibility of the very substances and processes that seem to be the only things that can make life better . |
| 3 | Yet still they persist on the abolition of the Wages Councils . |
| 4 | Yet still we lost . |
| 5 | Yet still he smiled . |
| 6 | Yet still he refused to believe . |
| 7 | Yet still he has found the will — and the money — to fly 40 Lebanese orphans to America for Christmas . |
| 8 | He 's got a job and everything going for him , and yet still he teams up with Billy . |
| 9 | Yet still he remains phenomenally popular . |
| 10 | Yet still he seemed to blaze . |
| 11 | She 'd used him and then abandoned him , and yet still he 'd continued to protect her . |
| 12 | And yet still he retained memories of that time . |
| 13 | He becomes as soft and nervous as a cow ( 1867 ) ; he feels as worn out as a donkey ( 1867 ) ; yet still he splashes in the Seine like a porpoise ( 1870 ) . |
| 14 | He used to be ridden in a twisted mouthpiece double bridle and yet still he was very strong . |
| 15 | He used to be ridden in a twisted mouthpiece double bridle and yet still he was very strong . |
| 16 | For twenty years I have known the same man and yet still I do not know him . |
| 17 | Yet still I hesitate . |
| 18 | It was innocent enough , yet still I felt the fear . |
| 19 | I had caught her , yet still I feared her . |
| 20 | ‘ Yet still you smile like a bride going to meet her bridegroom ! ’ she murmured . |
| 21 | ‘ Yet still you hold out your arms to me with a smile that would melt an iceberg . |
| 22 | Yet still it appears impossible to discover the ownership of shares held through a minor Swiss bank which were used to help a second division British company build up stakes in several third division British companies . |
| 23 | " But oh " may be a somewhat pallid rendering of ( ) , yet still it signals the crucial turn in the poem 's argument . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear , she said , ‘ limited grey matter Miss Lilian may have , yet still she rejoices to be alive . |
| 25 | Yet still she circled the roundabout . |
| 26 | Yet still she asked for news of the Emma Bates . |
| 27 | She had travelled from Rosyth to Glasgow , hardly any distance at all , yet still she had missed her connection . |
| 28 | And yet still she stood there , transfixed by the demands in his eyes , powerless to move . |
| 29 | The controller started the countdown , yet still she sat there , unable to force the word from her lips . |