Example sentences of "he still [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He still says nothing , so I add , ‘ The only reason you 're still alive is I did n't want to involve these guys in murder .
2 He still thought her a traitor .
3 He still thought her his enemy .
4 What does worry me though , is that I think he still thought it was a ‘ female sex aid device ’ !
5 Well , he could understand that , but he still thought it was a wasteful way of keeping the lower ranks occupied , and it did n't square at all with the continual excuses the seneschal and his minions kept making about being under-staffed .
6 But he still thought it was crazy , and he 'd been right .
7 He was far more suspicious of her now than he had been before she 'd told him about Dana , and he still thought she was Garry 's lover .
8 Impossible as it seemed , he still thought she was lying , or was he pretending in order to keep her with him ?
9 After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance .
10 George Bush chose him to run the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) at a time when he still thought he could co-opt and not alienate the green lobby .
11 Even if you were five behind with five to go with Seve , he still thought he could win , and there 's nothing pumps a caddie up more than a guy who thinks like that .
12 The trouble with Ben was , he still thought he was in the police force and was constantly leaving scribbled messages about procedures for patrolling the yard and checking the padlocks and bolts .
13 But he still took his work very seriously .
14 I denied homosexual inclinations but he still made me bend down so that he could inspect my behind with a wooden spatula .
15 He knows what shots sound like because he hunts , but he still thinks they might have been only firecrackers .
16 And he still thinks there 's some sort of Arnold Bros somewhere , watching over us , because we are important .
17 He still thinks there can be peace , he is determined .
18 ‘ So he still thinks he has a mission .
19 I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help .
20 ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank .
21 He still thinks it possible to escape .
22 He still thinks it was a good idea to open his business , despite the recession .
23 He still feels he could eke out a result without him .
24 He still insisted he had done nothing to be ashamed of and said he had been cleared of wrongdoing by his ‘ constant friend ’ Mr Major .
25 But he turned to kick at him — he still wore his heavy work shoes — no strength in his wounded leg .
26 He still wore his trainers , socks , shorts and running-slip , and was aware he must smell awful .
27 He still wore his hair in a pony-tail , complete with ribbon , and wore an ankh on a chain around his neck , but beneath the veneer of a harmless flower-child gone to seed he was as acquisitive as a bower-bird .
28 Francie 's raincoat glimmered ; he still wore his coat and hat .
29 He still wore his expression of vacuous merriment , which must have been habitual rather than assumed in my honour .
30 Perhaps they thought he was doing research , he still wore his suits .
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