Example sentences of "do still [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I says what you doing still working here , you know , that 's what we 'd just been on about |
| 2 | That 's not to suggest there are any major defects with the shoe , merely that some of the vestiges of the past , which turned many runners off the brand , do still remain . |
| 3 | If I can pick up with motion three eight zero which refers to the privatation of sat statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay the C E C would like reference back on this for the very basis that the point is they do still remain State benefits and those who qualify them , for them , are legally entitled to do so . |
| 4 | The five of us do still treat it like a joke , like a laugh . |
| 5 | Or , to get at it another way , here is a miscellaneous list from my own notebook of possible motives for murder : financial gain , self-protection , to preserve status , fear , to protect a loved one , for a principle , for revenge ( but remember credibility here : only in some societies is revenge stoked up enough to lead to killing ) , the drive to power , compensation for past humiliation , removing a bar to sexual happiness ( bother the permissive society , but impediments do still exist ) , jealousy , the desire to cock a giant snook at the whole world . |
| 6 | The aristocracy — ie. titled landowners — do still exist and have been joined by the very wealthy ( through ownership or investment ) : it has been reckoned that this 1% of adult population owns one-quarter of all the wealth in Britain . |
| 7 | It should be noted , however , that a few papers do still contain real rag content , as is explained in the table . |
| 8 | The cliffs themselves are banted back in order to make them safe from rock falls and so forth , but they , they do still suffer from weathering attack by rain , by frost , and the combination of salt from spray and frost is quite damaging , so that anybody who walks along the undercliff knows that in winter , for example , you tend to get a sludge of erm white erm finely divided wet chalk which sledges off erm cliff , particularly those people in recent years who 've walked behind the marina , where it no longer gets washed off by the high tide erm where Brighton Corporation have to keep trying to remove it . |
| 9 | The great stations stand , if they do still stand , as towering monuments to that belief , public meeting-places where faith in the perfectibility of man by his own ingenuity and the blessing of a divine providence was daily affirmed . |
| 10 | This has opened the door to bare , inadequate denials ( see Chapter 8 ) but these do still stand the risk of the district judge striking them out . |
| 11 | ‘ You do still want fellatio ? ’ |
| 12 | Blue Cross staff say they do still want to see sick or injured animals brought in for treatment . |
| 13 | And in the sort of market we work in , there are people around the world who are n't suffering from the recession and do still want to buy fine cars . |
| 14 | Although the mobile benefit offices no longer operate , DSS staff do still travel to the office nearest a gathering or festival to make payments . |
| 15 | Although the mobile benefit offices no longer operate , DSS staff do still travel to the office nearest a gathering or festival to make payments . |
| 16 | ‘ But you do still love him ? ’ |
| 17 | But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’ |
| 18 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |
| 19 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |
| 20 | But failures do still occur . |
| 21 | But most do still read reviews , usually as a form of long-stop to make sure they have not missed important titles on their initial selection , or to buy extra copies of titles which have been particularly well received . |
| 22 | Erm what I think we need is an alternative to the suggestion made by Mr Broughton erm is simply erm a wording in the exceptions policy should it be er carried forward that makes it clear that the agricultural policies in the structure plan do still apply erm to those proposals . |
| 23 | Much of this could be as plausibly argued today as thirty or more years ago : the extraordinary achievement of the public relations advisers who replaced the ‘ ludicrous courtiers ’ has been to ensure that the royal family do still have it both ways . |
| 24 | I do still have to pinch myself every now and again to convince myself it is really happening … ’ |
| 25 | At Asda a spokesman said : ‘ One or two stores do still have Tracy Island but I dare not say where in case I start a stampede . ’ |
| 26 | However , I do still have a squashed , rather brown and mildewy rose pressed between the pages of a book somewhere , so I suppose that could be classed as my first attempt ! |
| 27 | We do still have a few such courses and they work quite well . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , you do still have some vanity , do n't you ? |
| 29 | And they do still have involvement . ’ |
| 30 | So you do still have hope , of a sort ? ’ |