Example sentences of "he still [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But he still took his work very seriously .
2 He still wore his expression of vacuous merriment , which must have been habitual rather than assumed in my honour .
3 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 .
4 Francie 's raincoat glimmered ; he still wore his coat and hat .
5 He still uses his service rank , does he ? ’
6 He still kept his jacket on though the day seemed to have got warmer .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 I did n't even know he still had my address , it all happened years before , we barely even had an affair .
10 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 .
11 There was n't even much attempt to make it look like a mugging ; he still had his wallet .
12 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 .
13 Jackson smiled ; he still had his back to the room .
14 And he still had his greymass .
15 Whatever the state of the tea that was being brewed , he still had his cup .
16 He still had his pistol out .
17 Erlich had the passenger seat as far back as it would go and he still shifted his weight about as if he needed another six inches of leg-room .
18 We sat looking at each other , he still holding my hand .
19 At this stage he had been in contention behind McCallen and Dunlop and even after his restart he still clawed his way back into the leading group .
20 He still retains his sense of humour , though it might not show on TV when he 's urging extra effort from his players .
21 But he still got his picture of the beekeeper and his busy little bees .
22 He still retained his grasp of her hand .
23 Even then , among the debris with smuts all over his face , he still retained his poise .
24 Is he still doing his crossword ?
25 He still has his portrait , painted in blood and grass stains by a colleague .
26 But he still has his hat on .
27 A , i , has he , does he still have his ball ?
28 He still defends their use on the grounds that ‘ For selfish reasons a prison administrator needs to know as much as he can about each prisoner , especially incoming prisoners . ’
29 He still wanted her body , there was no way he could disguise that , and she , well , she would have to learn to be content with whatever crumbs he was prepared to let fall from his table .
30 Even with those commitments , he still regards his lifestyle now as rather relaxed .
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