Example sentences of "it could still [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It awed me by how beautiful it could still appear in that sordid place . |
| 2 | If , during training , the rat was always released in the same place , and if it was then released in a different one , it could still swim directly to the platform . |
| 3 | I had no idea it could still hurt . |
| 4 | Above the roaring and cracking of the storm , it could still hear their voices , still smell their presence . |
| 5 | Yes , it could still have been Tutilo who finished what Jerome had begun . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It could still have been Brampton ! ’ |
| 7 | Even if the Plan 's effect on the level of accumulation was bound to diminish , it could still have significantly influenced its pattern . |
| 8 | But although its thrust had been effectively blunted , it could still muster enough adherents to create large-scale upheaval in the Holy Land . |
| 9 | Hopes were high when it was found that even if the organizer tissue were killed it could still induce , for this offered the possibility of extracting the responsible chemical signal . |
| 10 | And even though its last eye was gone , Cardiff knew instinctively that it could still see him . |
| 11 | ‘ Who knows , ’ she added , eyes out of the open window , unable to look at Rory for a moment , ‘ it could still come to that . ’ |
| 12 | And even if you think you are in a rock-solid job , it could still happen to you . |
| 13 | And yet it could still surprise him that a man could be a sensible and reliable scientist in his work and a fool with women , could show judgement in one area of his life and act like an irrational child in another . |
| 14 | A royal ‘ mistake ’ is not final ; but it could still harm the Monarch 's own reputation . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's got the Cell it could still help us . ’ |
| 16 | Three weeks later the high command again said hands off , with a reminder that it could still mount a coup . |