Example sentences of "be still [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sleeve notes ( if they 're still called that in the compact disc age ) give some useful information about the personnel used during the recording sessions . |
| 2 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 3 | Er this year we actually made three four seven but we 're still thinking that we will make two thousand pounds . |
| 4 | Anyway , if you 're still watching when the news comes on you might see me . |
| 5 | so consequently they 're still fighting and the chap still has n't got a penny |
| 6 | Let us hope they 're still dancing when it is time for the Fourth Round draw . |
| 7 | Post mortem examinations were carried out to discover if the girls had been still born or died later . |
| 8 | The curls are still forming and washing makes them drop . |
| 9 | The court must be satisfied that the statutory criteria are still met when making a second or subsequent interim order . |
| 10 | They were seventy two feet long , built of carvel construction in wood and were powered with Gardner engines , which are still acknowledged as being one of the best and most reliable of diesels . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor . |
| 12 | Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States . |
| 13 | When the majority have formed their beautiful chrysalises , which can vary in colour from bright green to spangled gold , it is a good idea to collect those caterpillars that are still eating and release them into a large clump of nettles so you can concentrate on hatching the rest . |
| 14 | Although social arrangements constrain and control us , they are still constructed and reproduced by human action . |
| 15 | The point here , however , is that the expressive order , moral careers and front and back regions are still constructed and lived , albeit within extraordinarily persistent social structures which constrain and enable people 's lives . |
| 16 | But despite the heavy rain , water companies are still warning that last summer 's drought ca n't be forgotten . |
| 17 | Spinsters are still despised and mocked . |
| 18 | The Irish as a people are still imagined as involved , at least tacitly , in perpetuating a contemporary form of savagery — terrorism . |
| 19 | Enabling people not just to keep alert but to feel they are still learning and growing makes economic as well as moral sense . |
| 20 | The parables of the kingdom , therefore , are still seen as relevant today by all Christians . |
| 21 | Also , the fact that free , rational human beings are still seen as requiring organised discouragement from committing crime implies an acceptance of its ‘ naturalness ’ . |
| 22 | In some debates it appears that traditional farming is regarded as systems of high input of fertilisers and pesticides which started in the 1950 's and are still progressing and developing today . |
| 23 | Then the fortunate staff who are still employed and they 're regarded as fortunate that you 've still got a job , because that 's what the management use repeatedly to professional people like nurses , sisters and other professional organizations who work within the Health Service , you 're very lucky to have a job . |
| 24 | Hopes are still expressed that old manufacturing industries will re-employ all those previously made redundant as soon as the economic recession is over . |
| 25 | Trout-fishing on the Kennet is now more or less back to normal , but anglers say that other rivers are still affected and anyone else who spoils their fun in future can expect to pay for it . |
| 26 | An important conclusion that can be drawn from the fiscal records is that the immediate effect of the Black Death in 1348–49 was slight in destroying communities , because most of the villages which eventually disappeared are still recorded as contributing to subsidies levied in the fifteenth century . |
| 27 | Although the clinical signs are abating the bronchi are still inflamed and residual lesions such as bronchial and peribronchial fibrosis may persist for several weeks or months . |
| 28 | ‘ The engineer and the manufacturer in Britain are still perceived as having dirty hands , ’ says Andrew Robb , finance director of Pilkington , the Merseyside-based glass-maker . |
| 29 | If the superpowers are still perceived as dominant , it is for other reasons . |
| 30 | However , to public and professionals alike many old buildings are still regarded as representing little more than four external walls . |