Example sentences of "he still [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fink 'e still misses those 'orses . ’ |
| 2 | He said that he had known all the local eunuchs since his childhood , and that he still made all their jewellery . |
| 3 | He still made some shows of aggression , but more as a dangerous game than with wicked intent . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate . |
| 5 | He recently retired as editor of the Eye but he still spends much of his time at the magazine 's cramped offices in Soho . |
| 6 | The hazards of becoming embroiled in domestic squabbles — and he still saw this as one — were their repercussions . |
| 7 | Yet he still kept all the family deeds and files . |
| 8 | Naturally the passing of the years brought a more responsible approach which made him even more formidable , for he still had all the strokes and all the power but now he was less likely to get out unnecessarily . |
| 9 | The people at the farm he was hired to were very sympathetic but he still had all his work to do before he could get away . |
| 10 | He still had that same cruel grin which tended to twist the right side of his mouth . |
| 11 | He still had that massive lawsuit to deal with . |
| 12 | He still held himself with the easy confidence she remembered , his dark head carried at an unconsciously arrogant angle , and he still had that polish to him , the patina of success . |
| 13 | Broad-shouldered and lean-hipped , he still had that fluent , athletic look about him that had marked him out so long ago . |
| 14 | It all went very quickly and smoothly and he still had half the film left . |
| 15 | If , of course , he still had any . |
| 16 | In fact , he still had some to offer for sale in Ambleside in 1819 . |
| 17 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 18 | he still had some left . |
| 19 | He still had enough of his wits to take great care not to let his hands touch her or anything else , but she sensed he was on the edge of collapse . |
| 20 | I asked Stephen — one of the two hapless fathers and himself reduced to a mulberry-eyed basket case — if he still had enough marbles to drive me to the station at Orvieto . |
| 21 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 22 | SIXTYSOMETHING : Grey hair and wrinkles are catching up with Clint but the Hollywood giant is not ready for the bus pass yet LEAPING WITH LIFE : Clint takes pride in the fact that he still does most of his own stunts |
| 23 | He still believed this was an irritating aberration . |
| 24 | He still maintains that non-violence is the nobler way , and that the prevention of the brutalization of human nature is preferable even to the prevention of his own suffering or the suffering of his own people . |
| 25 | I mentioned this in view of the fact that Eliot had wanted Rowse to read the original essay , and I was anxious to see whether he still recommended this . |
| 26 | When he returned to his room Coleridge was mortified to discover that ‘ though he still retained some vague and dim recollection of the general purport of the vision , yet , with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images , all the rest had passed away like the images on the surface of a stream into which a stone has been cast … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ There 'll be a bit off for luck ? ’ he asked , proving that he still retained some of the guile he had picked up as a practising country lawyer . |
| 28 | Clearly , given Prince Charles 's much-publicised neglect of his own children , he still finds much to imitate in Mr Milligan . |
| 29 | In his heart , he still regarded this as women 's work , and felt humiliated that it was now Joshua who acted as Marcus Judge 's chief assistant at the dockyard . |
| 30 | Does he still take that view ? |