Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pers pn] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ What are you waiting for ? ’ hissed Cardiff , tearing the tie loose from his collar , realising that he still had the automatic in his other hand but had been unable to use it again . |
| 3 | Fretting that he still had not written to Liza , he proved to be a difficult patient in more ways than one . |
| 4 | The Attorney General , Sir Hartley Shawcross , agreed with the Lord Chancellor that the grading of murders would be unworkable , adding that he still remained in favour of providing for the abolition of capital punishment in the Bill . |
| 5 | At this stage it is worth emphasising that we still deal with personal injury litigation under an adversarial system . |
| 6 | Chris had written a letter to Tina Jelly in Aldershot saying that he still loved her and missed her a lot , but was sure that until he came home she would be able to go out with his mates from the Royal Signals . |
| 7 | David Elsworth seemed quite satisfied with the performance of Barnbrook Again , observing that he still had 17 days before the big race . |
| 8 | Silly really , because her family had no way of knowing that she still covered her head . |
| 9 | If she did that , she would be admitting that he still had the power to affect her , and she was n't going to do that ! |
| 10 | A shopkeeper in Nuremberg who said to a customer what ‘ in these days was common to almost everybody in Nuremberg ’ , that Hitler was set on continuing the war , tried to deceive the people into thinking that he still had a miracle weapon , and was ‘ nothing more than a criminal ’ , was denounced by the customer , taken away by the police , and shot for ‘ subversion of the military power ’ . |
| 11 | He turned to walk on alone , not realizing that he still loved her . |