Example sentences of "still [vb past] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the brushes are so springy I was able to splay the hair , using a little force against the support , to distribute colour — the brush hair still bounced back into shape perfectly in spite of this forceful application . |
| 2 | But as for what she had exchanged it for — that still seemed more like fantasy than waking reality . |
| 3 | In spite of the fall , the Government still came in for criticism from opposition parties and trade union leaders , who pointed out that the total was still higher than this time last year . |
| 4 | Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy … |
| 5 | After three decades in an asylum he still talked intelligently about painting , read classical poetry , and played the violin . |
| 6 | She still felt somewhat on probation within the group : Sam had n't looked too keen when Evelyn had brought her in . |
| 7 | He still kept just in front of me . |
| 8 | At Easter and Christmas I still went home to Cliff Top . |
| 9 | Rory still went occasionally to Mass with her , and sometimes , as a kind of acknowledgement of how different he was from Michael , she would talk to him about the Church , and its importance in their lives . |
| 10 | And now , nearly twenty years after it was well and truly over , she sometimes still reeled late at night with not understanding . |
| 11 | I said he 's my father and then he falls out the fucking bed when they put him in it because they admit negligence , they forgot to put the cot side up , dad has got lack of oxygen to his bra brain , he thought it was the Battle of Hastings going on but they said there was nobody there , well surely they must have known Joy he fell out the bloody bed because he 's laying like this and he 's falling and he 's falling and bang come out , he split all his bloody head open , do you know the blood was there from the night he fell out , he fell out at half past ten at night and they never informed us , which is against the law and the blood still sat there at quarter to four the following day , all over the floor , he 's got a bloody stitch in his head which they done to him while he were in the bed , and ripped three tubes out of his arm , split all his bloody arm open |