Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] still [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then thought : I might still have a title . |
| 2 | I could still write a letter in Doctor Jekyll 's name ! |
| 3 | ‘ I actually won quite easily when I expected that I 'd still have a lot to learn , ’ he explains . |
| 4 | I 'd still need a car . |
| 5 | If I used that particular eyepiece on my 76-mm refractor , I would still obtain a magnification of around × 600 — but the image would be so faint that it would be completely useless . |
| 6 | I can still make a flight back to Blighty which will connect with the last plane to Inverness . |
| 7 | I 'm honest too but I can still tell a joke . |
| 8 | Well I can still get a couple of Christmas presents with that anyway so it does n't matter . |
| 9 | Yes , yes , and then Barnsley , so I can still get a bit of a rough . |
| 10 | Even after paying £6,000 over 10 years , you might still make a loss — though Equitable paid £12,877 , and several other companies paid more than £9,000 . |
| 11 | Forward the answer to CALE 'S NO 10 And even if your card is not the first hauled from the bag , you might still prove a winner , because NME has 20 COPIES of a special promo three-track CD , ‘ Lonesome Town ’ / ‘ Low Rider ’ / ‘ Passion ’ , to hand over to runners-up . |
| 12 | ‘ If you miss the heart , you might still put a hole through something vital . |
| 13 | Although lasers have been dropping in price , you 'll still need a budget of around £500 , whereas inkjets start at around £150 . |
| 14 | With Netters you can get away with about twenty , but you 'll still need a Boss , standard , drummer/horn blower , and a Big Boss if possible . |
| 15 | At least this way you 'll still have a home to move into . ’ |
| 16 | She could still get a phone call telling her sh telling her no , that 's the other thing . |
| 17 | He had to admit that she could still ride a lot better than he could . |
| 18 | After a while she sighed , ‘ You mean you 'd still bear a grudge ? ’ |
| 19 | And you went to school in the morning but never knew whether your house was going to be there when you got home for dinner or whether you 'd still have a mum and dad and |
| 20 | Armistice Day is still only celebrated in Southern Ireland by protestants : as late as the early 1970s , you could still tell a protestant by his poppy on 11 November . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure you could still get a bit of teaching work , you know . |
| 22 | so , so even if you 're in the or whatever you know you could still enjoy a meal and so that is about making it special to everyone . |
| 23 | Not just bars and restaurants — and there were plenty of those — but most of the shops were still open : you could still buy a winter outfit birthday card book or a pressure cooker and lots of people were doing so . |
| 24 | No , but you can , you can build any amount of hostels you like that could accommodate all , all the people that there are , but you would still find a proportion of those who do n't want to come into the system , so , you know |
| 25 | Of course , this can be a problem when sleeping — you would still need a net or wire mesh on windows — given the danger of the garlic lodging in the throat . |
| 26 | You will still need a car . |
| 27 | Listen to the Mephisto Waltz or Funérailles and you will still hear a pianist who was born to play Liszt . |
| 28 | Well , if you have a problem after , say , the tenth month after purchase , you will be too late for any claim under the Sale Of Goods Act , but you will still have a claim under your guarantee — as long as it is for more than ten months , and providing you sent off the registration card ! |
| 29 | ‘ You can still make a bit of money and enjoy yourself without ripping people off . |
| 30 | You just do n't have the people jumping onstage going , F**k Margaret Thatcher , anymore , but you can still make a point . ’ |