Example sentences of "he [modal v] still be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must still be basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking — and was no doubt a little shocked by its unexpectedness — Ashley thought , as the track gave way to the lane and his silence continued . |
| 2 | Even alter ninety-nine failures he 'll still be learning and still believe he can win . |
| 3 | As for what he 's doing now , I do n't know , he 'll still be tipping them over the bar somewhere . |
| 4 | When he leaves prison he 'll still be banned from tending the livestock … but he 'll still live at the farm . |
| 5 | He 'll still be playing when he goes under , he 'll be rattling his coffin to get out … or not out , that would suit him |
| 6 | He 's been told it could be next week , but he wo n't believe it until he wakes up after his operation , in one of those six intensive care beds.Even then , he 'll still be waiting . |
| 7 | When others give up he 'll still be running , convinced that the seemingly intractable problem can be overcome . |
| 8 | It is true that even then he might still be acting in the course of his employment , but we must take it that this curious piece of metaphysics exempts the employer from vicarious liability for this particular tort . |
| 9 | But after about twenty paces , when she had forgotten that he might still be looking , the shoulders drooped , her footsteps slackened , and she walked like someone in a dream . |
| 10 | He might still be saying — lying through his teeth — that her breasts were as firm as ever . |
| 11 | There was no response , which meant that he might still be sleeping off a particularly heavy lunchtime session or perhaps was in the bath and could n't be bothered to get out . |
| 12 | So wrote Llewelyn from Aber ; and between the lines they read plainly that though he might still be arguing for peace he had ceased to believe in it or greatly to desire it . |
| 13 | The effect unsettled him , and he found the fact that he could still be unsettled somehow curious . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd hoped he 'd still be grazing that pasture there . ’ |
| 15 | He would still be mending that barn door . |
| 16 | It has often been pointed out that even if he had written nothing before this stage he would still be regarded as an important poet . |
| 17 | But he pledged last night that he would still be leading the team for tomorrow 's League game at Darlington even if Flashman does sack him for the third time in a year . |
| 18 | Darrel had mysteriously signed Littlecote over to Sir John in 1586 on the understanding that he would still be allowed to remain . |
| 19 | Typically he extracted an understanding from his air officer commanding , ( Sir ) Basil Embry [ q.v. ] , that he would still be allowed a ‘ ration ’ of operational flights . |
| 20 | Besides , she expected he would still be sulking about the break-up of his band . |
| 21 | And yet 15 or 20 years ago he would still be playing non-League stuff and carrying a hod around for a living . |
| 22 | But in the Batty case , if he had refused to leave , he would still be playing first team football . |
| 23 | The disadvantage is that he would be based at and he would still be working a twenty four hour shift system at . |
| 24 | After time , he will still be facing the same problem : what to do with the remainder of the material ? |
| 25 | But he will still be organising 13,000 volunteers into bringing some kind of Christmas to 125,000 needy , lonely or down-and-out people . |
| 26 | [ I ] f the insider is a substantial shareholder , the damages paid by him will , in part , indirectly return to him and he will still be left with a net profit on the transaction … |
| 27 | However , if the settlor may benefit on the occurrence of one or more of the following events he will still be deemed ( TA 1988 , s685(2) ) to have divested himself of the property : 1 . |
| 28 | [ Yet ] give him [ the American ] all these advantages , and he will still be longing to cross the water , to get back to that old home of his fathers , so delightful in itself … the less wealthy , less cultivated , less fastidious class of Americans are not so much haunted by these longings … |
| 29 | He can still be seen on film in November 1921 in Saratov surrounded by hungry children . |