Example sentences of "[pron] still [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still had his jacket , but he had taken his wallet out at one of the bars and had that with him . |
| 2 | The man 's face was indistinct , a tall mestizo with large , softly frowning features , but I still heard his voice clearly : ‘ Sucio . ’ |
| 3 | I did it willingly because I still loved his company so much , but I had little money . |
| 4 | I still think his essay , far from being ‘ a rather feeble piece of writing ’ , to be a powerful piece of advocacy ; and it contained some remarks about culture and religious observance for which in penetration and acuteness I can recall no exact parallel . |
| 5 | John Loudon McAdam ( 1756–1836 ) , inventor of the modern road surface which still bears his name : ‘ Tarmacadam ’ . |
| 6 | She left for Paris in March 1325 and by June Edward was compelled to acquiesce in terms which still required his homage . |
| 7 | He prised away the hand , which still gripped his shoulder . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it 's the deathless ‘ Tears Of A Clown ’ and ‘ The Tracks Of My Tears ’ which still define his place in the popular memory : odd that such a joyful singer should be best remembered for two helplessly sad little songs . |
| 9 | He had a degree of concern for the vanquished Germans , and respect for them as individuals , which taught me another valuable lesson , and which still makes his name in Wilhelmshaven one which is honoured rather than reviled . |
| 10 | She was determined to leave home ; Edward , according to one of Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis , ‘ haring ’ his father who still wished his son to enter the Civil Service in spite of the modest success of his articles and the prospect of a first book being published . |
| 11 | Room 89 is haunted , according to the security guard , by the ghost of an RAF batman who still brushes his master 's phantom uniform . |
| 12 | Do you still have his ball ? |
| 13 | This change in Pip 's attitude and behaviour and perhaps his realisation that he is not a true gentleman is his final change from contentment , to discontentment and snobbery to finally semi-contentment though I think he knows he can not be fully content with reaching some sort of conclusion with Estella as she still has his heart . |
| 14 | Lessees are sometimes astonished to be told that in spite of obtaining planning permission with their landlord 's knowledge , they still require his consent and if he is not inclined to give it , the means of getting him to agree can be difficult , slow and expensive . |
| 15 | They still mock his eagerness , and mimic the keen forward inclination with which he walks , as if he ca n't wait to get where he is going . |
| 16 | It no longer needed the wealthy connoisseur for his erudition , it had acquired the relevant expertise into its own hands , but it still needed his recognition to be acceptable to society . |
| 17 | But he still took his work very seriously . |
| 18 | He still wore his expression of vacuous merriment , which must have been habitual rather than assumed in my honour . |
| 19 | He still wore his hair in a pony-tail , complete with ribbon , and wore an ankh on a chain around his neck , but beneath the veneer of a harmless flower-child gone to seed he was as acquisitive as a bower-bird . |
| 20 | Francie 's raincoat glimmered ; he still wore his coat and hat . |
| 21 | He still uses his service rank , does he ? ’ |
| 22 | He still kept his jacket on though the day seemed to have got warmer . |
| 23 | A dark look crossed his features as she told him she did n't want to see him , but he still kept his temper on a tight rein . |
| 24 | But he still surrounds himself with women and he still takes his camera everywhere , although now he prefers making commercials for Reebok and Virgin Airlines to taking pictures . |
| 25 | He gave Sandison the address and asked him to do three things : check that Maidstone was all right , check that he still had his money and give him back his hat . |
| 26 | There was n't even much attempt to make it look like a mugging ; he still had his wallet . |
| 27 | He still had his biro gripped in his right hand and he was fiddling with it tensely , his brown , slightly almond-slitted eyes fallen to the table , unable to meet the directness of Ward 's gaze . |
| 28 | Jackson smiled ; he still had his back to the room . |
| 29 | And he still had his greymass . |
| 30 | Whatever the state of the tea that was being brewed , he still had his cup . |