Example sentences of "he still [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 2 | He knew that , even after today , he still would not tell Jahsaxa his work was finished . |
| 3 | If she did n't discipline the children he still would not intervene and would just say ‘ Well , they 're only children once ’ . |
| 4 | But , even if he had known one , he still would n't style these beasts by playing it . |
| 5 | But he still would not leave until Bakhtiar had been confirmed by the Majles . |
| 6 | But if she had , he still would n't have been paying his tax — she would have . |
| 7 | Even now he still would n't talk about it , still would n't share his grief — or allow Rory to share hers . |
| 8 | ‘ Him , ’ they said , ‘ if he had two watches he still would n't give you the time . ’ |
| 9 | Though the shooting on the film set , if it was n't accidental , implied that Nigel Steen knew of his involvement , he still might not have realized the direct connection with Jacqui , and certainly was no nearer getting the Hereford Road address . |
| 10 | Backstage they were all screaming at Gesner ; Stefan — ‘ You do that again and I 'll bring the curtain down ’ — Alfred , Freddi , Ingrid , Rudi , everyone was shaken , aware that he had nearly wrecked the entire production , and afraid that he still might . |
| 11 | SPANISH HOLIDAY GRAHAM TAYLOR took Gazza to Spain two weeks ago ‘ just for the trip ’ — but now the Lazio star is fit he still wo n't figure in the England starting line-up . |
| 12 | And , despite numerous subtle hints — like transferring the entire What Personal Computer offices to another building without telling him — he still wo n't leave us alone . |
| 13 | And , despite numerous subtle hints — like hiding his desk and computer — he still wo n't leave us alone . |
| 14 | If he loses he still wo n't quit but the FA could be forced to throw him overboard in a latter-day Boston tea party . |
| 15 | Erm , so he always looks out for police cars now , but he still wo n't wear his belt . |
| 16 | He still ca n't draw any correlation between this project and the BIPS-1 work being done out at DEC 's Western Research Lab ( UX No 394 ) . |
| 17 | Roger : Yeah — but it 's all right 'cos he still ca n't do anything if he sees us mucking about . |
| 18 | So he still ca n't handle responsibility . |
| 19 | ‘ He still ca n't find a job , ’ Sarah said to Anne . |
| 20 | He still ca n't act ! |
| 21 | And he still can not resist , all these years later , a spiky dig — ‘ but most gratifying of all was that the journalists who condemned me were proved so utterly wrong ’ . |
| 22 | He wants people to remember his genius , and at the Australian Open he issued a reminder to all of just how great he still can be . |
| 23 | Let us make sure that for the next two weeks he still can not prove . ’ |
| 24 | Absolon 's portrait thus ends with particular bathos when it transpires that he still can not escape the vulgar facts of the body 's nature , try as he might : This second instance of a marked word in the Miller 's Tale encourages a recall of the context of the first , Nicholas 's grabbing of Alison , and thus even before it has been dramatically explicated completes the second fabliau triangle , Nicholas — Alison — Absolon , which forms a symmetrical reflection of the first , Nicholas — Alison — John . |
| 25 | He is a young player with loads of confidence and ability and although he did n't produce is usual form yesterday he still will be very much in the Games plans . |
| 26 | He knew the machine like an old friend ( it would probably be the personality he 'd miss most ) , but he still could n't trust it as much as he trusted himself . |
| 27 | A piece of rope was tied to it but the knot was difficult to undo and , after fiddling with it for what felt like hours , he still could n't pry it loose . |
| 28 | Several days later he still could not name the day : |
| 29 | In the late 1930s , when he still could not persuade engineers that his FM system would work , he proved they were wrong by spending $2 million of his own money on building and running an FM radio station . |
| 30 | Obviously he still could not avoid relinquishing his waiting duties in the dining room , but otherwise the trolley enabled him to accomplish a surprising amount . |