Example sentences of "but he [is] still " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet leader is far from succeeding but he is still very much there , while the East German old guard is looking ever more like yesterday 's men . |
| 2 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |
| 3 | His opposition while in office was such that he was ousted — to run a technical publishing house — but he is still in his early fifties and may yet have a political future . |
| 4 | When he hands in his keys , he no longer owns the house ; but he is still liable for interest on the loan , until the house is sold and the loan repaid — so he wants the sale to be quick . |
| 5 | OLIVER Cromwell may be the local boy made good in Huntingdon but he is still unmentionable in Drogheda , as Lady Antonia Fraser recalled in a Lenten talk at Our Lady of Victories , west London . |
| 6 | But he is still at the school . |
| 7 | And Fergsuon acknowledges : ‘ We might not be so reliant on Robbo as we were two years ago but he is still the leader , the player the rest look up to . |
| 8 | Not only that , but he is still hugely involved in music and has a new Shock Headed Peters album coming out in September . |
| 9 | But he is still a leader on trial . |
| 10 | Ruggia 's elbows no longer scrape the tarmac , but he is still stunningly spectacular to behold on a 500 |
| 11 | " He has been weaned from the breast but he is still unweaned from complete dependence on the protection and love of this one person . |
| 12 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |
| 13 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 14 | His current bike was provided by local businessman CP Granleese , but he is still on the lookout for a major sponsor . |
| 15 | But he is still on the loose and the public are being warned to take care |
| 16 | Harry 's cricket career was cut short in the 1930s when he hurt his back but he is still an avid cricket fan . |
| 17 | ‘ He is getting back to his normal self but he is still quite unsteady on his feet and gets nervous when there are a lot of people around . |
| 18 | Yvonne , 22 , said : ‘ Michael is getting back to normal , but he is still quite unsteady on his feet . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But he 's still the best horse I 've ever ridden . ’ |
| 20 | De Niro may have loosened up a little recently but he 's still not happy with the press attention that stardom brings . |
| 21 | But he 's still mainly known either for having had Grace in his face a few years back , or as the third meatboy in line after Stallone and Scharzenegger ; one of that strange Eighties breed of actors who can manage all kinds of complicated weapons , but have trouble with lines of dialogue longer than ten words . |
| 22 | Here a bereaved person will often come to terms with the person 's death by saying , ‘ Well he has physically gone , but he 's still with me in so many ways . |
| 23 | But he 's still not sure how much I know … |
| 24 | Arnie may be coining it with the Planet Hollywood eateries , but he 's still doing his best to do the right thing with the loss-making Schatzis in Santa Monica . |
| 25 | But he 's still a top geezer . |
| 26 | It 's like a bad dream , and you see a guy pointing a gun at you , but he 's still there when you open your eyes , and he wo n't go away . |
| 27 | Another famous invention , the Sinclair C5 electric car , was a spectacular flop , but he 's still inventing . |
| 28 | But he 's still fed up with people who knock the station . |
| 29 | He might be a dead loss but he 's still her husband and that makes it adultery in my book , and in the eyes of the Church . ’ |
| 30 | But he 's still a long way to go , poor little sod . |