Example sentences of "still he " in BNC.
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| 1 | But later still he admitted he 'd had his doubts . |
| 2 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 3 | Later still he was well known for his work in education . |
| 4 | Michael saw that his brother 's mind had moved — not far , hardly at ail , but still he had moved . |
| 5 | Moran had no work in the fields but still he stayed outside in the cold , looking at hedges , examining walls , counting cattle . |
| 6 | No-one was ever able to locate the elusive and possibly mythical teenager who supposedly became pregnant in Mr Moore 's constituency merely to jump the housing queue , but still he knew it was a serious issue . |
| 7 | For while his victory certainly overturned the basic tenets of any horse race — he won because he was so far behind at the crucial moment — still he gained that victory by adapting to the circumstances which had suddenly presented themselves , by his jockey 's quick and skilful manoeuvring by his jockey , by jumping accurately and by keeping up his gallop to the end . |
| 8 | Still he would n't sell for them to build a shrine , so the cattle began to die . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , he was writing and acting , but still he was dogged by the need to continue working in cheap exploitive films , in between do-it-yourself repair jobs on his beloved Karmann Ghia out on Stanton 's front lawn ( like a massive brake-job to save fifty dollars ) . |
| 10 | As I 've said Boy read this narrative twice , but still he could not understand why Madame wished him to study it . |
| 11 | Still he kept up his speed , stayed in the same lane as the oncoming juggernaut . |
| 12 | At last he was cornered , at last he was caught , but still he struggled feebly . |
| 13 | But in delirium still he cried — |
| 14 | Still he and Child were able to give some advice based on their experiences with African elephants — and a few words of warning . |
| 15 | He was pursued all over Galloway , Carrick and Kyle , and given little respite , but still he preached at well-attended conventicles , baptised children , and officiated at weddings . |
| 16 | I am sure that I was the despair of Ron 's coaching life , but still he made no comment . |
| 17 | In 1167 his army had been decimated before Rome by an outbreak of malaria ; and he had been chased over the Alps in humiliating disaster ; but still he plotted and planned to return to the task . |
| 18 | Still he insisted that he |
| 19 | In all manner of ways , but still he |
| 20 | Still he managed . ’ |
| 21 | From the gallery , the feverish gaze of Diniz Vasquez held no recognition ; but still he had n't touched fire to his weapon . |
| 22 | Yet still he smiled . |
| 23 | But still he might accept it . |
| 24 | but still he fought , kicking and struggling until a blow blotted out the world ... |
| 25 | Still he did n't speak or open his eyes . |
| 26 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 27 | Yet still he refused to believe . |
| 28 | But still he held off arresting Gandhi , though other leaders were quietly put away , and thousands of Indians were arrested after wading into the sea to collect water for salt . |
| 29 | Later still he may train himself to eradicate the desire or aversion itself , releasing himself from one causally necessary condition of facing facts , so that the formula is no longer directly applicable ; but that will be in the service of other ends , and unless he can discover some new way of validating them these too will be spontaneous goals selected from the rest by thinking within the frame of the same formula . |
| 30 | Yet still he has found the will — and the money — to fly 40 Lebanese orphans to America for Christmas . |