Example sentences of "still [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould still intended to do a lot of collecting on the Yarrundi-side of the Liverpool Range , but the main focus of his efforts was to be across the mountains , on the remote plains around the Namoi and Mokai rivers , an area of the interior that few settlers had yet penetrated . |
| 2 | come and sit down and get to business , now he may not , he may still want to have a chat about the weather or whatever you know so again be aware that to cut too soon to business |
| 3 | Mrs Davison was injured when she jumped from a bedroom window and still has to use a crutch . |
| 4 | Someone still has to make a decision about who should be encouraged to reproduce , and as in the past , women still carry the physical , social and emotional burdens of the eugenicists ' plans . |
| 5 | Plans were lodged with Arfon Borough Council in April but the council still has to make a decision . |
| 6 | The president still has to make a host of key decisions : how generous to make the benefits ; how to pay for the changes ; how much freedom to give the states and , above all , how to sell the package . |
| 7 | These measures probably had a foundation in genuine agricultural unrest — the court rolls of St Albans Abbey record an increase in the number of fugitive villeins in the 1350s but in most places the records suggest that survivors of the epidemic took up vacant holdings , at least those on land of reasonable quality , so it appears that the population surplus from the period before the Black Death still sufficed to provide a reservoir of possible tenants . |
| 8 | However , if you still want to use a microwave , cut into slices before placing in the oven , then reshape afterwards . |
| 9 | ‘ No , people still want to make a splash for their daughters . |
| 10 | Inflation is far from dead , and surveys suggest that most young people still want to buy a home of their own at some stage . |
| 11 | ‘ The banana nose and attachment glasses line have n't gone too well , ’ sighed Neville in rare serious moment , but the new range of masks are going well at £39 a time it 's clear people still want to have a laugh . |
| 12 | Straightaway , " Mum , " I said , " I still want to have a bike badly . " |
| 13 | If the patient still needs to use a wheelchair , you will need one which is fully portable and the right size to fit into the back of the car . |
| 14 | On Feb. 24 Monsengwo Pasinya , president of the national conference , indicated that Nguza had abandoned the round table idea but was still expected to demand a reduction in the number of delegates to the conference . |
| 15 | Although the two firms are still expected to cement an agreement covering Hewlett-Packard taking a 20% stake in Taligent Inc , the Common Operating System Interface announcement is now likely to be toned down , with the participation of other firms that had been in the same swim , such as Santa Cruz Operation Inc and SunSoft Inc , looking increasingly unlikely by the day . |
| 16 | At twenty , he still wants to become a muleteer , though by now the Spanish location has been narrowed to that of Andalusia . |
| 17 | This driver saw the warning , but still tried to have a go himself . |
| 18 | Even when you have a rib transfer carriage , you will still need to transfer a stitch by hand sometimes ; this is much easier if you 've done it so often that it 's automatic . |
| 19 | One difficulty remains in that a mining venture would still need to find a way through to the deposit in a place where the sedimentary layer is not too thick . |
| 20 | This suggests that it may be difficult to maintain large power differences and still hope to keep a group happy . ’ |
| 21 | Almost equal , but not quite , because Luke still seemed to retain a vestige of control while she trembled wildly as his hands slid adroitly up over her ribcage to cup her breasts from beneath , lifting them to the swooping descent of his dark head ; and she heard him mutter intensely again just before his mouth took voluptuous possession of the heated hardness of one exquisitely sensitive nipple . |
| 22 | This course , with its strong academic emphasis , is a possible alternative to degree courses in the History of Art for those students who still seek to retain an involvement with practical work in Art and Design . |
| 23 | Well , the new layout which is an open-ended rectangle in front of the stand with suitable access points for the public , should solve a lot of problems even though some of the diehards are still refusing to reach an agreement . |
| 24 | Attempts are still made to introduce an element of evaluative criticism into academic teaching , whether from a surviving Leavisism , or under Marxist or feminist auspices . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've experience of two kinds of Darkfall , ’ continued Gilbert , still looking to find a way around Cardiff , the words still spilling out of him . |
| 26 | So it 's still going to create a mess . |
| 27 | ‘ At this rate , ’ grins Bill , ‘ we 're still going to have a theocracy here a hundred years from now . ’ |
| 28 | They had , there , there was a small section still made kettles during the war cos I mean kettles wore out , wear out just the same , you 've still got to have a kettle or a bucket , but erm that 's like everything else there was only , only a small section so they was in short supply . |
| 29 | With or without the help of the CIA and the participation of the Shah , some of his commanders left behind in Iran were still attempting to organize a coup . |
| 30 | Ben Lawers looks very far away from here , possibly because it is in fact very far away from here , but the walking on this lofty green ridge is so agreeable that the distance still to cover becomes an irrelevance . |