Example sentences of "[pers pn] can still [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 2 | I can still hear his plaintiff cry , in a strong Durham accent , before the cast broke : ‘ He 's pulling al me line oot . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ A man can be dead tired after a week 's work but he can still give his wife a helping hand . |
| 4 | He 's retired now , but he can still twist his body into positions most TEENAGERS could n't manage . |
| 5 | And so he can still express his aspiration towards that " wholeness " in terms of a unifying Schopenhauerianism . |
| 6 | To take the weakest case first ; even if the sceptic were unwise enough to admit that any assertion involves a claim to knowledge and that he is asserting his conclusion that knowledge is impossible , he can still maintain his position . |