Example sentences of "[pers pn] be still " in BNC.
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| 1 | I keep in touch with some people who are still inside — most of the people that were in with me are still there . |
| 2 | On the other hand , Harold Pinter 's characters Mick and Aston from The Caretaker are familiar , and both of them are still young and exciting enough to make good choices . |
| 3 | ‘ Sorry , Angus , ’ he was saying , ‘ my lad from Ballinluig never turned up , I had to get my father to blow the bellows — ouch ! some of them are still hot — that bag has charred , spread them out to cool , or keep them for tomorrow . |
| 4 | Some of them are still exogenous and can be modified only by varying the stimulus , but some of them now seem to depend mainly on the way the subject is processing the stimulus . |
| 5 | One or two of them are still open , and it 's still pretty bright with all their lights and that . |
| 6 | Significantly , twenty-two of them are still in service today , although their distinctive design has been lost under extensive rebuilding . |
| 7 | All of these fish have appeared only recently in any numbers and some of them are still extremely rare and pricey but if you do see any of them and have the money , I would recommend you buy them . |
| 8 | ABSENCE MAKES THE COMPANY POORER There are sound business reasons for UK companies to manage absenteeism , but many of them are still complacent |
| 9 | Engineers and some metallurgists resisted the idea with the whole force of their emotions and even today some of them are still making growling noises in caves in the backwoods . |
| 10 | Two of them are still in prison , where they are serving 18-month sentences . |
| 11 | Alex has horrific memories and we know that many of them are still locked inside . |
| 12 | Yes , all of them are still true as a good approximation as long as the inequality ( 4.1 ) stands . |
| 13 | Teenagers are also heavily over-represented amongst the temporary labour force ; a substantial number of them are still at school and are working part-time . |
| 14 | Temporary workers are also considerably younger than the generality of workers , largely because a high proportion of them are still teenagers . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll go first , in case some of them are still out there . ’ |
| 16 | Yes and some of them are still alive today . |
| 17 | Reynolds said , ‘ You say that of all the people who worked on the project , none of them are still here ? ’ |
| 18 | There are certain principles of delegation , recommended by classical theorists , and many of them are still relevant in the context of formal organisation structure . |
| 19 | The HDML 's had nice lines and for this reason many of them were converted into yachts , some of them are still around to this day . |
| 20 | Nine of them are still dependent on just one crop for over 70 per cent of their income . |
| 21 | It is difficult to find people who have been tortured — so many of them are still in prison or have died . |
| 22 | Er they have phones , We 're trying their surgeries and a number of them are still in London and a number of them er |
| 23 | There are a number of fine amphitheatres extant in a partly ruined condition and several of them are still used for performances of opera or for bull fights . |
| 24 | Now if you think about commercial potatoes and the ones that keep , the late ones , they are always harvested after the have died down , a long time after , in fact some of them are still digging up potatoes now . |
| 25 | Three years and 245 days into our investigation and Sheriff Truman and I are still batting our heads against the same old' brick wall . |
| 26 | Three years and 245 days into our investigation and Sheriff Truman and I are still batting our heads against the same old' brick wall . |
| 27 | ‘ Then you 'd be quite wrong ! ’ he said forcefully , ignoring her rising tide of protest as he continued , ‘ I want it clearly understood — once and for all — that , as far as the outside world is concerned , you and I are still happily married . |
| 28 | I went into the courtroom innocent of the charges against me , and I am still innocent , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ If you are asking whether I am still confident about the children in which I raised the concern to begin that process , the answer is ‘ yes ’ . |
| 30 | I am still playing well and still enjoying it , so why not ? ’ she said . |