Example sentences of "he [be] still [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him |
| 2 | He is still wanted for murder . |
| 3 | The record card for such a client was scribbled over with the comment of dealers : " He 's about to buy a house ; has no funds ; he 'll see how the shares he already has do ; he 's going in for Rolls Royce , so has no money ; he 's still waiting for share certificates — once these have arrived he will think about further investment . " |
| 4 | I do , I er , well I presume he 's still working in fact , with this er with the bank . |
| 5 | Because th th th th there , there 'd been statements from Mao until the end of nineteen forty five where he 's still talking about land to the tiller being some way off |
| 6 | And he 's still fighting for compensation from his former captors . |
| 7 | He was still cursing in French and English . |
| 8 | He was still recuperating at home a few nights later when a rustling from the rafters above his bed proved to be yet another python which had entered the village and was lying in wait . |
| 9 | Although he was still charged with assault , the trial was not for two months , which gave her time to wait and discuss it with Charles once he was completely recovered . |
| 10 | Once again he was found to be innocent , but he was still kept under arrest . |
| 11 | On 28 April 1292 work began under his charge on the new chapel of St Stephen in Westminster Palace , and he was still master in charge there in September 1321 , but probably died soon afterwards . |
| 12 | He picked up another big prize in Ireland yesterday with Mr Martini and he was still bubbling over User Friendly 's St Leger triumph . |
| 13 | He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan . |
| 14 | He was still surrounded by woman , of course , mostly fat ones receiving Mud 's beauty treatment and so his early life was dominated by the female presence rather than the male which may help explain his future attitude to women for which flocks of emerging feminists , and a few of his friends , would berate him . |
| 15 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 16 | S but what they say is part of his managerial status demanded him having a company car to which I was given one as well but in effect that then became his wife 's because he was still banned for drink driving . |