Example sentences of "i still [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See well , you could er I still went with the horse and cart down there on a Saturday , take the meat , still the same I done that for a year or two . |
| 2 | I still went to the US though , and caddied for Andy North , but I got plenty of chance to talk to Sandy that year ( 1980 ) and struck up an acquaintance with him . |
| 3 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 4 | It 's , it 's like the one aunty Lynne had and I , I bought for aunty Lynne , years ago , that I still got in the cupboard you know . |
| 5 | She gave two sharp little nods , as if that finished the matter , which no doubt it did , except that I still looked for gaps in her defences . |
| 6 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 7 | I still looked like an extra from Les Miserables . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ellen was amused by my naïvety , claiming that if she dug deep enough she would probably discover that I still believed in Santa Claus . |
| 10 | And long after Dana had left me , I still thought of him every day , and from time to time wrote poems about him , like this one which came to me after several viewings of a film that greatly disturbed and fascinated me , Pasolini 's Teorema : |
| 11 | I never had an hour 's happiness with her , but I still thought about her , day and night , and my dearest wish was to marry her . |
| 12 | I still dreamed of food and the convivial , outdoor feast , but I no longer took full part in the proceedings . |
| 13 | That too was a heady experience , but I still hankered for the farm life . |
| 14 | I felt preternaturally over-sexed , and despite being removed from The Fat Controller 's proximate influence I still stuck to this rule . |
| 15 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 16 | In spite of all my education , I still seemed to be the coarse , common boy she used to laugh at . |
| 17 | I was aware that the impending birth of AC2 Herriot 's child did not influence the general war strategy but I still wanted to be as near to Helen as possible at the time . |
| 18 | Although the bolts were thick , I still bent in the middle when I was lifted and carried , a man at either of my ends . |
| 19 | I said , " Yes-sir ? " as if I still worked for Hatch & Hodges . |
| 20 | I managed to grab a seat , or a seatette , for what I still regarded as a trip to Bangkok ( that is , a trip to your auntie might take , not Timothy Leary ) . |
| 21 | All this time I still wondered about the origin of babies , and one night I raised the subject with Nellie . |