Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] still [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The industrialists of the water-power age , out in the open country , had put up houses for their workpeople — as at Cromford , Mellor and Styal , where many of them may still be seen — which were , in Professor Ashton 's words , ‘ not wanting in amenity and comfort ’ and even possessed a certain quality of design and proportion .
2 And when I die , I 'll still be called Stuart Hughes .
3 After all , you never know , I could still be spotted .
4 If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify .
5 Marriage breakdowns — if your partner has been paying the rent and leaves you , you may still be protected from eviction ; a solicitor will help .
6 If you 've already been wearing glasses you must still be given a prescription , even if your sight has n't changed .
7 Even if you do not work some or all of your normal hours during that period , you should still be paid for them if you are :
8 She must still be fed and clothed , and soon a decision must be made about a secondary school , with its uniform and other details .
9 ‘ Well , I had hoped that she might still be received .
10 ‘ When we 're relieved … even if she does n't turn , she 'll still be taken by our people .
11 She was n't going to do it again , and let him think that she could still be affected by anything he said , or by the way he looked at her .
12 But she could still be asked to leave with just one month 's notice if someone takes over the 20-year lease .
13 Service If it all stopped there you 'd still be left with a very capable and complete utility , but the people at Rupp seem to have taken another class of user into consideration — the user who wants to ‘ dock ’ a portable into a desktop setup and use its drives and printers in a sort of client/server networking fashion .
14 And you would only you you Yes you 'd meet more of the affordable requirement no doubt , than you would at the lower figures , but in my view , you 'd still be left with some fairly substantial problems in particular areas .
15 If she were a Lady , she would still be referred to as Mrs. X. If the person were a member of the nobility or someone in whom the press had an interest , rumour would start to circulate , and damage could not be avoided .
16 Another four years would drift by , and she would still be tied to Julius Landor .
17 But your difficulty , surely , is that even if sanctions had worked for a year or even two years , you would still be left with that formidable monster of a regime …
18 It was a personal best performance by a second and a half , and now Matthew is hoping she will still be picked to represent Cleveland in the English Schools Championships at Hull next month .
19 Even if you are buying a home in darkest Snowdonia , you will still be treated to a personal service at the hands of David Paul & Partners .
20 If your employer agrees to your early departure , you will still be regarded as dismissed in law if the agreement is simply , in effect , to bring forward your dismissal date or if it is agreed that you need not actually work during the remainder of your notice period .
21 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 .
22 Humane destruction is not easy to face and even if your pet drifts off peacefully in your arms , you can still be left with a feeling of guilt .
23 For MAS , whilst the disclaimer will state what we have and have not done , we may still be associated with the data if we are asked to present it to potential buyers or if our name is mentioned in the document .
24 Fucking hell , go for it then , we 've got all night , we do n't have dinner till one o'clock so it do n't matter , we 'll still be sat here .
25 What are called ‘ proofs for the existence of God ’ are not attempts to show that there must be a divine kind of thing ( we have no concept of a divine kind of thing ) , they just seek to show that if and when all other questions were answered we would still be left with this mystery : and this is what we shall call ‘ God ’ .
26 Although an enormous amount of carefully buried crime can be unearthed by this liberal ‘ scientific ’ excavation work , we will still be denied an adequate view of those whose crimes and victimizing behaviours cause us most harm , injury , and deprivation .
27 But i if while we 've got them we will still be there we will still be called to put them out and one of these days we 'll be dealing with bonfires when somebody 's house is on fire and we need to be there instead .
28 ‘ We can only hope that Implexion 's agents will be appeased by our offer , although it is likely we will still be penalised for failing to furnish them with a living child .
29 Mathematically we can still be caught , but the pressure is off .
30 Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake .
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