Example sentences of "she still [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never tired of seeing a sunset or a flock of geese , and even in her nineties she still marvelled at the beauty of the sea or the quality of light in Dumfriesshire . |
| 2 | She still stared at Alice , as if unable to believe what she saw . |
| 3 | Perhaps she still yearned for him , he thought with a pang of anxiety . |
| 4 | She still lived at home , handing the meagre amount of money on which she was supposed to have managed to her mother . |
| 5 | The network of health and social work support she had enjoyed fell away , but she led a full life and drove her own car , though she still lived with her parents . |
| 6 | Observing her as a well-balanced and apparently fulfilled woman , it surprised me to discover that she still lived with the unexorcised ghosts of a disrupted childhood . |
| 7 | Since then she had married someone else and been widowed , but she still lived in the district with their daughter , Anna . |
| 8 | her first film at the age of fourteen , when she still lived in Swindon . |
| 9 | She still slept at her flat , where Jack either spent the night , as under the previous arrangement , or arrived back very late ‘ not disturbing ’ Franca , who had until today ( also without comment ) continued to sleep in the upper bedroom . |
| 10 | ‘ She still clung to me , but the social worker was thrilled about it , she said it meant she 'd bonded well . |
| 11 | She still went to church occasionally , she loved the singing , and in spite of her husband 's example , she still told me ‘ Not to take the Lord 's name in vain . ’ |
| 12 | Lou continued to be the nearest he had to a first and real love and she still went to all the broadcasts and visited Pinewood for every film , sitting on her own canvas chair , sometimes by herself , frequently with her sister Daisy , of whom Ken himself was still very fond . |
| 13 | Miss Ruth or Miss Joan , as she still thought of Mrs Lovell and Mrs Young , could probably do with a hand . |
| 14 | Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again . |
| 15 | At home , as she still thought of it , the evening had been one of shared companionship and merrymaking but here , once joined by the family , the workers were subdued , their voices muted . |
| 16 | While acknowledging that Sarah seemed to be infatuated with George , her sister was so many years her junior that she still thought of her as a child and dismissed her obvious affection for George as innocent admiration . |
| 17 | As she walked along , passing the blocks she still thought of as the ‘ new ’ flats , she caught sight of her grandson Jasper disappearing , in company with three other boys of similar age , into the narrow alley which led to the railway bridge . |
| 18 | She only remembers her mother when she was already grey-haired , but she still thought of her as beautiful , stately . |
| 19 | That she still believed in Allah and prayed regularly at the nearby mosque . |
| 20 | Even now , of course , her mother would deny that she 'd been driven by physical needs — she still insisted on living the lie that hers had been a love-story doomed to disaster . |
| 21 | She did n't think about it , but in her mental geography , the vivid world consisted of herself and her father at the centre ; Thomas and Leo , a short distance away ; then a little further , the Princesse and Violette and Portia whom she still corresponded with regularly . |
| 22 | Even so , there was a developing duality in her feelings towards Johnny , and though she still longed for his presence , she feared it , too . |
| 23 | He had died before they could marry , but she still dreamed of their long walks on the Moor and the kisses which they had exchanged when they had managed to escape from her chaperone . |
| 24 | That much relationship she still had with him , she thought . |
| 25 | She still had on the revealing silk blouse she had worn in the show , with stage jewellery sparkling at her throat and breast . |
| 26 | Luke emphasised the insult by letting his gaze roam insolently over her robe , just as if he saw through it to the single garment she still had on underneath . |
| 27 | This time , of course , she was not only armed with the foreknowledge of what would be said but she still had in her mind the conversation we had just had about making mistakes . |
| 28 | She still felt as if food would choke her . |
| 29 | Ianthe had always wanted a house of her own and as soon as she had shut the door behind her she forgot the lonely homecoming in the pleasure she still felt at seeing her furniture and possessions in their new setting . |
| 30 | As she spoke , joy brightened her face , and the love she still felt for this man was alive in her every word . |