Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] can still [be] [verb] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but the pressure is off . |
| 6 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
| 7 | Indeed it can still be found in our own time , in some individual cases but also in new forms of patronage . |