Example sentences of "still [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know . |
| 2 | That is rarer still for a worldwide index . |
| 3 | He had not quietened down at all as he had grown older — far from it — and could not now be still for a single moment . |
| 4 | If Let Us Compare Mythologies is a young man 's book , this is one ( though still of a young man , at 26 ) that offers poetic maturity , whose lyrics are charged with that mellow wistfulness , that trembling of angst , that vibration of incipient guilt and the plunging sensuality of a knowing , searching man ; a book whose range — for all that — is narrower than Let Us Compare Mythologies . |
| 5 | She laughed , and it was the laugh still of a young girl . |
| 6 | I had similar difficulties with the use of phrases like ‘ working-class youth values ’ when writing up research on subcultures ( Davies 1985a ) : in the singular ‘ a youth ’ does mean a young man , and hence while writers may use ‘ the youth of today ’ to imply generalizations across male and female , the connotation is still of a masculine prominence and centrality in adolescent affairs . |
| 7 | Instead , despite writing soon after Nadir Shah had returned to Persia , the overwhelming impression that Khan tries to convey is still of a bawdy city of joy , a place remarkable for its wild parties , its lively celebrations and orgiastic festivals . |
| 8 | No , but it was still like a political broadcast in a way |
| 9 | ‘ It left him so that even though he is now 24 , he is still like a little child . |
| 10 | ‘ It sounds , in here , like a treasure-hunt clue , ’ said Maud , still with a strained clarity . |
| 11 | A hot bath , followed by a cold shower worked wonders for his circulation , and he was now able to move more freely , though still with a pronounced limp . |
| 12 | As one aerospace industry executive puts it , ‘ I can imagine us in 2000 with no space station , but still with a space-station programme ’ . |
| 13 | When it saw the three figures it stopped , then , perhaps with memories of puppy-walkers , still with a broken leather couple round its neck , it approached the man whimpering softly , its tail waving . |
| 14 | But the Liverpool man — a player with Middlesbrough 15 years ago , and still with a soft spot for the Teesiders , had a message of hope . |
| 15 | The digging stick of the forest becomes a spade , still with a wooden handle ; lianes lead to ropes and string , bark and palm fibre to textiles , palm leaves to thatching and bamboos to piping . |
| 16 | ‘ I was hoping the Swedes would draw and drop a point , but we are still in a strong position . |
| 17 | Today , the main mill building is still in a good state of repair , although the present owners found it necessary to demolish the engine house . |
| 18 | The team is still in a transitional phase but there are a number of very talented players in their line-up . |
| 19 | Still in a larky mood , she began to lift her daughter up off the floor . |
| 20 | ‘ And Zadkine referred to Modigliani 's unfinished heads , outside in the mud , most of them still in a rough stage . |
| 21 | BMW driver Anthony Hastelow , was still in a critical condition at Darlington Memorial Hospital last night with serious head injuries . |
| 22 | We 'd had these super three weeks in Crete — marvellous weather , nice hotel , swimming , really got on — and even though the flight was delayed we were still in a terrific mood when we got to Gatwick . |
| 23 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 24 | When he slept with Beatrice at No. 53 Boulevard Montparnasse , he often turned up at Indenbaum 's next morning , still in a euphoric state from the after-effects of a drug , almost certainly hashish . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's still in a separate bedroom , ’ she says , ‘ and I 've insisted we go for couples counselling . |
| 26 | But credit should be given where it is due , and it is clear that in the years before the report the Goldsmiths were considering — still in a vague way and mindful of the possibility of a Government Inquiry — how " a more liberal observance of the apparent intentions of the Founders ' might be effected . |
| 27 | As he walks away , his friend comes up still in a playful mood . |
| 28 | He 's the first to admit , however , that there are ‘ a few things to be ironed out ’ in a Sampdoria defence still in a slight state of culture shock . |
| 29 | The economy is still in a terrible mess . |
| 30 | ‘ The families of the children are still in a bad way over the leniency of the sentence . |