Example sentences of "[modal v] still [vb infin] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked if people should still buy his book , he replied that they should , but only in hardback ‘ so they can hit the little ******* over the head ’ ! |
| 2 | The difference is that with the first type , the innocent party , though entitled to damages , must still perform his part of the bargain , whereas with a repudiatory breach he may , in addition to claiming damages , regard himself as discharged from his obligations under the contract . |
| 3 | However , it is a commonplace that a decision-maker who is given an apparently unfettered discretion must still exercise his power within the limits imposed by the law . |
| 4 | He 'll still run his car then . |
| 5 | Her poor father might still like his lunch on time , even though he could no longer hold a fork and had to be helped to eat . |
| 6 | As late as 1863 he could still assure his mother that he might turn his attention to almost any subject , but it must have been around this time that a first decision in favour of classics was taken , even though it was not until 1865 at Leipzig that his academic specialization became complete . |
| 7 | He could still hear his granny singing ‘ Kevin Barry ’ on Saint Patrick 's Day , still remember the stories of the Easter Uprising and the Famine . |
| 8 | He could still hear his music , as if it were very far away . |
| 9 | I could still hear his voice . |
| 10 | She could still hear his voice . |
| 11 | Inside his head he could still hear his father 's slighting reference to a " Momma 's boy " and because this rankled more than his inability to shoot the doe , he hurried on ahead of her in case his father should turn and see them close together . |
| 12 | She could still taste his kiss , still feel the firm yet gentle pressure of his lips . |
| 13 | He was well aware of Billy 's prowess in the ring and knew that although he was far from well he could still punch his weight . |
| 14 | me being the type who 'd still suck his thumb |
| 15 | Had he stayed in Scotland , he 'd still have his life , |
| 16 | He warned that even if the Arab League accepted the truce proposal , he would still send his army into Palestine after 15 May . |
| 17 | Mr Geoff Nichol , Darlington chief executive , had been asked to help with a project looking at community care but would still hold his position with the district , said Mr Smith . |
| 18 | If he did nothing more he would still retain his fee simple , but he would have deprived himself of the right to present possession and enjoyment of the land ; his estate would become a future estate , which would again become a present estate , an ‘ estate in possession ’ , only when the smaller estate , the ‘ particular estate ’ which had been carved out of it , came to an end . |
| 19 | Instead , there simply has to be some consensus among the Rowdies that if things got really bad he would still maintain his stance and be man enough to deal with it . |
| 20 | Mark , 13 , will still have his hair when he returns to Cross Lutheran School at Yorkville , Illinois . |
| 21 | And so he can still express his aspiration towards that " wholeness " in terms of a unifying Schopenhauerianism . |
| 22 | He 's retired now , but he can still twist his body into positions most TEENAGERS could n't manage . |
| 23 | ‘ A man can be dead tired after a week 's work but he can still give his wife a helping hand . |
| 24 | To take the weakest case first ; even if the sceptic were unwise enough to admit that any assertion involves a claim to knowledge and that he is asserting his conclusion that knowledge is impossible , he can still maintain his position . |
| 25 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 26 | I can still hear his plaintiff cry , in a strong Durham accent , before the cast broke : ‘ He 's pulling al me line oot . ’ |