Example sentences of "still [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | suddenly thought you still got to have a little holdall membership forms in it , have n't you ? |
| 2 | Despite Boeing 's considerable investment of $10 million dollars to purchase 10 000 ( 417 days ) worth of wind tunnel time in the 1960s , they still failed to develop the optimal design , as subsequent improvements and refinements to the B747 are testimony . |
| 3 | These measures probably had a foundation in genuine agricultural unrest — the court rolls of St Albans Abbey record an increase in the number of fugitive villeins in the 1350s but in most places the records suggest that survivors of the epidemic took up vacant holdings , at least those on land of reasonable quality , so it appears that the population surplus from the period before the Black Death still sufficed to provide a reservoir of possible tenants . |
| 4 | One of his greatest knocks was the 143 at Port-of-Spain in 1968 — this after he had reached breaking-point in 1966 , only to come back with century after century in the 1967 Tests — but he still found touring the Caribbean a fairly distasteful affair , as revealed in his letter to his wife : ‘ We 're being taken for the biggest ride … the umpiring , the crowd and Charlie … it is downright cheating … |
| 5 | Admittedly the British , despite their economic problems , still tried to retain the leading role . |
| 6 | Doddie Weir still has a lot to learn about No 8 play when it comes to back-row moves , witness the occasion against England when he picked up against the wheel and still tried to complete the move . |
| 7 | This driver saw the warning , but still tried to have a go himself . |
| 8 | Bravely they still tried to send a regular allowance home . |
| 9 | Almost equal , but not quite , because Luke still seemed to retain a vestige of control while she trembled wildly as his hands slid adroitly up over her ribcage to cup her breasts from beneath , lifting them to the swooping descent of his dark head ; and she heard him mutter intensely again just before his mouth took voluptuous possession of the heated hardness of one exquisitely sensitive nipple . |
| 10 | Without exactly being in the ‘ stop — go ’ cycle of Selwyn Lloyd or the ‘ hard slog ’ of Roy Jenkins in years gone by , Britain 's posture in the later Thatcher period still seemed to reflect the historic structural weakness of former years . |
| 11 | Her body still seemed to hold the imprint of his hands , her lips remembered his — firm , warm , promising , exciting … |
| 12 | Only Dr Peter Chester of the CEGB still seemed to find the evidence wanting . |
| 13 | For all his much-vaunted ‘ conversion ’ , it seemed that he still lusted after the pleasures of the flesh , still itched to finger the curve of Clare 's side , to feel her thigh brush against his . |
| 14 | He still burned to preach the Gospel to the poor and to help them . |
| 15 | If he still opted to run the 400m , he would probably make it through to the semi-finals , but he certainly would not win . |
| 16 | Men still hated to see a woman succeed . |
| 17 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 18 | Slim spires still soared to support the ebon umbrella shields . |
| 19 | However , after an initial 5p rise they still managed to fall a touch below today 's opening 270p on further consideration of the results . |
| 20 | We had barely forty minutes there , but we still managed to walk the whole huge complex , even climbing to the top of the smaller Pyramid of the Moon . |
| 21 | However , he still managed to keep the weapon pointing loosely in his direction . |
| 22 | Just as he was about to travel to Paris in November , to open a book exhibition and make a speech at the Bibliothèque Nationale , he caught a heavy cold which turned to bronchitis with congestion of the lungs ; a nurse was called in and he took a course of penicillin , but he still managed to make the journey . |
| 23 | As we understand it , nothing has changed in Japan but it still managed to make the news and push the share price higher , so that it ended the month in much the same place as it began . |
| 24 | In between these duties they still managed to have a lighter side , arranging dances at the Institute which became popular throughout the war , and their concert party entertained many during those dark days . |
| 25 | But he still liked to use the window , maybe just to maintain the impression that we mere humans were here to serve him . |
| 26 | Preston had more or less given up being a New Man since Carla — it was so difficult to get it right all the time and they kept moving the goalposts — but he still liked to make the right noises . |
| 27 | But they still did do a certain amount of er the stock in trade course the bins for g for transporting stuff in and all like that . |
| 28 | In January , February and March there was deep snow , but we still had to spend an hour outside every day . |
| 29 | I still had to use the yarn separators though . ) |
| 30 | They still had to grasp the facts but they were also prompted to explain them : Why revolt ? |