Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] maintain [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I still maintain we were the best team in the tournament until injuries caught up with us . |
| 2 | ‘ You still maintain you are not the woman with whom Garry is having an affair ? ’ he asked , and she shivered at the threat in his quiet voice . |
| 3 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 4 | She also maintains she would never consider going back to full-time employment and advised other women with good business ideas to ‘ go for it ’ . |
| 5 | once a building has been built and you 've got that in it 's under you then to maintain it . |
| 6 | They still maintain they 're ‘ dead immature and do n't give a shit ’ , but they are also bored stupid by all the tales of rock'n'roll excess . |
| 7 | They also maintained it would harm pub businesses and severely dent the services offered to tourists . |
| 8 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |