Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [modal v] still [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 2 | So if I mess it up then now , when you come over to pick me up later it shall still be messed up ? |
| 3 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 4 | Now it can still be objected that this is also true of adults and that I have still , therefore , failed to distinguish them from children . |
| 5 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 6 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but the pressure is off . |
| 7 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
| 8 | If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify . |
| 9 | Service If it all stopped there you 'd still be left with a very capable and complete utility , but the people at Rupp seem to have taken another class of user into consideration — the user who wants to ‘ dock ’ a portable into a desktop setup and use its drives and printers in a sort of client/server networking fashion . |
| 10 | But i if while we 've got them we will still be there we will still be called to put them out and one of these days we 'll be dealing with bonfires when somebody 's house is on fire and we need to be there instead . |
| 11 | If applicants are unable to comply with 5(i) then they may still be admitted to the panel if able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience . |
| 12 | Indeed it can still be found in our own time , in some individual cases but also in new forms of patronage . |
| 13 | But while it proposed interim restrictions on the consumption of HCFCs — used for making foam insulation — it stepped back from proposing to outlaw their production in the EC , from where they could still be exported to developing countries as a substitute to the much more harmful CFCs ( chlorofluorocarbons ) in refrigerators and air conditioners . |