Example sentences of "still [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you coming ? ’ she asked , and when he still made no attempt to get up she said , ‘ What is it , why are you staring at me ? ’ |
| 2 | When he still made no move to accept Cohen 's offer , Joshua put the package on the tea-chest , held up his sandwich and uttered a short Hebrew prayer before putting it to his mouth . |
| 3 | Still got the timesheets to do yet |
| 4 | This success to some extent relieved the Soviet pressure for a second front in Western Europe ; but when Stalin met Roosevelt and Churchill in Teheran in November 1943 , he was still demanding a commitment to invade France . |
| 5 | She must have realised some years before that I was n't headed in the direction of St Margaret 's , Westminster , but she had still intended the occasion to glitter , a bright milestone in our uneventful lives . |
| 6 | After being so intimately associated with Christ and hearing his parables of the Kingdom and private commentary interpreting those stories , his disciples still expected the Kingdom to come in the material and nationalistic terms of the Old Testament ( Acts 1:6 ) . |
| 7 | If you do n't live within travelling distance of one of those places mentioned , you should still make every effort to buy any copy of this book you can lay your hands on , new or secondhand . |
| 8 | The man is still helping the police to track down the whereabouts of an undisclosed number of missing objects . |
| 9 | Except that this gripping race still offers the opportunity to dislodge its leader . |
| 10 | It says it still has no plans to offer the D-channel for everyday ISDN use . |
| 11 | ‘ His game still has a way to go , which is fortunate because most players his age have grooved techniques and there is not a lot more to come . |
| 12 | But he returned to the side in last week 's UEFA Cup match with Torpedo Moscow and his performance against Brighton finally convinced Fergie that the little winger still has a part to play . |
| 13 | All the same , rumblings of discontent have been detectable around Wantage Road over the past few weeks , prompting conjecture over a parting of the ways between Northamptonshire and their prized import , even though his contract still has a year to run . |
| 14 | ‘ Damon still has a chance to win the championship and that is good for us , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He still has a lot to give … even if he does nt play every match . |
| 16 | Strain said today : ‘ I think Davy still has a lot to offer and he would be a useful addition to the squad . ’ |
| 17 | Usually the negative feedback begins with ‘ but ’ : e.g. ‘ We were very lucky to get Harry fro the opposition because he 's the top marketing person in the country — but he knows nothing about our products and still has a lot to learn ’ . |
| 18 | dare I say it , but did his inability last season to recognize the poor defence we had and his obsession with midfielders imply that maybe he still has a lot to learn ? |
| 19 | Doddie Weir still has a lot to learn about No 8 play when it comes to back-row moves , witness the occasion against England when he picked up against the wheel and still tried to complete the move . |
| 20 | It would make an ideal present for a young person whose railway consciousness was just being awoken and , perhaps , light reading for the more railway aware person who still has a hankering to remain in touch with history . |
| 21 | Barnes still has a week to recover , but Liverpool 's manager , Kenny Dalglish , is making no predictions . |
| 22 | But thankfully , function still has a role to play ! |
| 23 | Once again , Mr John Hume must justify continuing to devise an ‘ overall strategy ’ with Mr Gerry Adams , who still has the gall to claim that ‘ peace ’ is a central part of his party 's platform . |
| 24 | The right hon. Gentleman still has the ability to mislead the young that he has shown in his distinguished past . |
| 25 | And Hewlett-Packard , with its laser printers , has demonstrated that it still has the ability to build a major business from scratch , and its OEM disk drive business , although not very visible , is treated with respect by its competitors . |
| 26 | As a final point of information , the Bank of England still has the facility to re-introduce minimum lending rate ( MLR ) if it so wishes . |
| 27 | But France still has the power to undermine the economic stability of the European Community . |
| 28 | Like Hannah she is angry at the ideal presented to her by the advertising world , as she feels it has nothing to do with her , yet still has the power to make her feel dissatisfied . |
| 29 | The Treasury still has the power to make directions about which accounts shall be audited by the C. and A.G. ; but that power is now exercised through a statutory instrument which must be placed before the House of Commons . |
| 30 | Yet Charles still has the power to cheat her of the ultimate prize — her throne . |