Example sentences of "still [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 2 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 3 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 4 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 5 | The United States was similarly dismayed , for it still hoped for a Labour electoral victory and an eventual political settlement with Jordan . |
| 6 | He still hoped for a settlement , but each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was unaccountably held up by d'Argenlieu . |
| 7 | His musculature still spasmed for a while . |