Example sentences of "of [noun sg] still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He threw down the towel , damp locks of hair still slicked on his forehead . |
| 2 | Some glimmer of hope still remained ; but the woman 's voice dispelled it . |
| 3 | Fifty miles inland , the remains of the wartime government 's fall-back line of defence still survives , mostly along the line of the Kennett-Avon canal . |
| 4 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 5 | Whilst the OLA 1957 embodies a statutory duty of care towards lawful visitors , liability under the tort of negligence still exists outside the OLA 1957 with regard to visitors to the hotelier 's or caterer 's premises . |
| 6 | It will of course still make one : a mirror-image again of the American claim that Vietnam has left one million settlers behind , and that the Cambodian government is communist . |
| 7 | That pleasing equilibrium between man , raffia , mud or whatever , does of course still prevail in various parts of the world . |
| 8 | People who have already built up SERPS entitlements will of course still receive their SERPS pension . |
| 9 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 10 | Ianthe was disconcerted , even a little shocked , to see the bottles of milk still standing outside the door of her uncle 's Mayfair rectory when she arrived there to luncheon on Quinquagesima Sunday . |
| 11 | Lord you ca n't deal with that er at the snap of the fingers obviously , but I think you 'd agree that er going from the number three upwards that if there is any reports from management er and if the letters from the members of parliament still exist in your clients file , they would be disclosable |
| 12 | Since , both the demand for and supply of labour still exceed L , the existing volume of employment , despite the reduction in the real wage . |
| 13 | Its massive cyclopean ring of masonry still stands to a height of 3 metres . |
| 14 | His euphoria was further fuelled by a delicious anticipation of pleasure still to come . |
| 15 | His letter of appreciation still adorns the walls , along with those of many other MPs . |
| 16 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 17 | but the echoes of light still staining our eyelids . |
| 18 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 19 | In 1844 one auxiliary corps of artillery still stood guard on the city walls at night , and they disturbed many people with their noisy alerts . |
| 20 | The remnants of feudalism still survived . |
| 21 | The thing was wearing clothing still ; shreds of fabric still clung to it and were somehow interwoven with the grey and leprous flesh . |
| 22 | Because home ownership has grown so fast , and old people now live longer , the main impact of inheritance still lies ahead . |
| 23 | And my offer of help still stands for Wendy |
| 24 | I think , however , that their use of it is still often confused and inhibited by mistaken ideas about what equality demands , and that the senseless ideal of standardisation still produces a waste of effort on this topic , as on many others . |
| 25 | At the moment their relationship was a weekend one , but both of them occasionally thought that the idea of marriage still had something to be said in its favour . |
| 26 | Bismarck hoped this would enable him to avoid an Austro-Russian quarrel by showing that the implicit assignment of Bulgaria to a Russian sphere of influence still held good . |
| 27 | The weight of bureaucracy still hangs a trifle heavy . |
| 28 | The weight of bureaucracy still hangs a trifle heavy . |
| 29 | The two tiny suits of armour still stood where they belonged since some remote knight had given them up ( sent them to the attic of the day , like old hunting boots ) . |
| 30 | These two areas of convergence also direct us to the main area of divergence and the reason why , though in actuality inextricably related , the psychic and the cultural return of homosexuality still need to be distinguished . |