Example sentences of "he [be] still [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked him if he were still a virgin . |
| 2 | Which is why Caroline likes nursing him as if he were still a lost child . |
| 3 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |
| 4 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 5 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 6 | Nor does a term cease to be a leasehold because it is determinable by an event which may happen , or which is certain to happen , within the term — e.g. if A holds land for 99 years or for 999 years , ‘ if he shall so long live ’ , he is still a leaseholder , though it is nearly or quite certain that he will not outlive the term . |
| 7 | Outside-half Didier Camberabero , not an immaculate hair out of place , converted 11 of those tries by way of reminding France , who left him out of the Five Nations ' side , that he is still a formidable competitor . |
| 8 | ‘ As I say , sir , my father appears to have made a full recovery and I believe he is still a person of considerable dependability . |
| 9 | He is still a child of nature as well as being a child of the spirit , and the practice of non-violence requires a great deal of discipline and courage . |
| 10 | He is still a very serious candidate for the movie , ’ says Sir Andrew . |
| 11 | He is still a lieutenant , and quite unlikely to rise much higher . ’ |
| 12 | He prowled the midfield often at half-pace — he is still a stone overweight — pulling the Bayern defence this way and that . |
| 13 | But he is still a leader on trial . |
| 14 | Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’ |
| 15 | He is still a keen follower of cricket and has an active interest in North Melbourne Cricket Club , with whom he has an association stretching back over 50 years . |
| 16 | David Emanuel ( above ) is best known for his role in creating Princess Diana 's fairy tale wedding dress , and he is still a high-society favourite for his Ascot suits and Royal haute couture . |
| 17 | ‘ Remember , he was playing for Great Britain under-21s four years ago and has all that experience behind him even though he is still a baby in playing terms . ’ |
| 18 | He is still a member of the village team in Kent he joined almost 25 years ago . |
| 19 | And while Bruce Springsteen does n't have quite his pre-1985 exuberance , he is still a great live performer — even if he insisted here on choosing some of his weakest songs ( Cadillac Ranch hardly seemed appropriate in this context ) . |
| 20 | We shall be delighted to seek out his advice just before we go if he is still a Member of the House at the time . |
| 21 | He is still a very active member of the Powerboat Divisional Committee and is now in his twenty first year of continuous service to R Y A powerboat racing . |
| 22 | The purchaser should also consider what is to happen to the business after the earn out period as it will be extremely difficult to motivate the vendor if he is still a key employee . |
| 23 | Runner-up David Broome — at 51 proving he is still a major world threat — could only get to within just under three seconds of Bost 's time . |
| 24 | Harry 's cricket career was cut short in the 1930s when he hurt his back but he is still an avid cricket fan . |
| 25 | He is still an influential part of the Wrexham side . ’ |
| 26 | He is still the best equipped Chancellor on the Conservative front bench ; she is still the best Thatcherite Prime Minister we have . |
| 27 | Mr Graham also had words for Seaman , who made a crucial second-half save from Flynn : ‘ He is still the best goalkeeper in the League . |
| 28 | He has long been hailed as a potential leader , and for many on the Right he is still the Thatcherite hero-in-waiting . |
| 29 | Robert du Preez at scrum-half could take on anyone including David Bishop either in the boxing ring or on the rugby field and say what you like about Naas Botha , he is still the daddy of all the fly-halves . |
| 30 | And Fergsuon acknowledges : ‘ We might not be so reliant on Robbo as we were two years ago but he is still the leader , the player the rest look up to . |