Example sentences of "he still [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the early hours of the morning the unfortunate mali could be seen labouring away , pouring with sweat — despite the heat he still insisted in wearing his thick serge uniform — as he constructed a sort of miniature Mount Fuji in the corner of the front lawn . |
| 2 | It was no good , she thought , for Signor Fixit to pretend that he still lived in the age of Just William . |
| 3 | He still stays in a church house and has converted part of it into a chapel , where he celebrates mass for 200 people every Sunday . |
| 4 | Thinking of Lee made him remember Uncle Walter 's medals that he still had in his pocket . |
| 5 | He still seemed in charge there . ’ |
| 6 | He stopped short of issuing a blanket backing for the Tories , saying he would vote Liberal Democrat in his own east London constituency because he still believed in proportional representation . |
| 7 | In referring once again to employee share ownership schemes , an idea that got him into trouble after the last election , he signalled that he still believed in the ‘ popular socialism ’ that he had advanced in those days as the answer to Thatcher 's ‘ popular capitalism ’ . |
| 8 | Maybe he never was on the same intellectual plane as some of the others , but he still believed in their picture of the world . |
| 9 | Mr Wang , 23 , looking relaxed but pale , told reporters that despite his three-and-a-half years in prison he still believed in the principles of democracy . |
| 10 | Oh , oh , well he 's still reversing , he 's waving his arm about for everyone to overtake him but , he still sits in the same position oh dear |
| 11 | He still encountered in his daily life a few who looked past the empty gaud that distracted lesser minds and longed for a revelation that would burn the tinsel away , an Apocalypse that would show the Fifth the glories it yearned for in its sleep . |
| 12 | ‘ And how could he still live in the houses ? ’ |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Kevin Keegan has promised defender Brian Kilcline he still figures in their plans . |
| 14 | As a standby for the Lions tour to New Zealand , he still puts in a training stint every day and can be seen regularly burning up the track at Mary P or pumping iron in the Queen 's PE centre . |
| 15 | His final decision is in favour of whichever proves stronger , but the stronger for perhaps no more than the brief spell of fullest awareness in which he decides , afterwards to be panic-stricken at having committed himself to a choice which none the less he still knows in his heart was right . |
| 16 | He still joins in the traditional New Year shooting at Sandringham , but , apart from that family outing , he seldom bothers with shooting birds nowadays . |
| 17 | The Attorney General , Sir Hartley Shawcross , agreed with the Lord Chancellor that the grading of murders would be unworkable , adding that he still remained in favour of providing for the abolition of capital punishment in the Bill . |
| 18 | No , it did n't ; he still persisted in either standing too close or laying his hand on her arm then watching with amusement as she wrenched herself free . |
| 19 | However , he still persisted in his arrogant objections , so I got rid of him . |
| 20 | Despite driving a £30,000 Mercedes — cars , as well as goals , are his obsession — he still lives in a mining village near Barnsley with his parents . |
| 21 | Er , I stayed at Erm that was the house erm belonged to my cousin He still lives in that house . |
| 22 | He still lives in Kingsbury , near Hendon , with his children James ( nine ) , Ebony ( 16 ) and Caroline ( 21 ) . |
| 23 | Well he still lives in Eaking but it he 's got a shop up by the Post Office . |
| 24 | Then he thrust his knife back into its sheath and spoke towards the gleaming skull he still held in his left hand . |
| 25 | ’ She narrowed her eyes , then tilted her head slightly , indicating the warrant card he still held in one hand . |
| 26 | She glanced at the screwdriver he still held in his hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Is he still working in the factory ? ’ |
| 28 | It was true self-education , and accounts for the enjoyment he still shares in the works of poets now regarded as passé . |