Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] longer [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may no longer have children to provide for . |
| 2 | In the last two decades the number of people saying they could no longer do jobs about the house or enjoy their hobbies because of sickness has steadily risen . |
| 3 | On Jan. 10 the prefect of the Timis administrative region , the mayor of Timisoara , the region 's police commander and other officials tendered their resignations to the government , saying that they could no longer control events . |
| 4 | Laura said " used " because letters were no longer brought by the postman ; after he had fallen twice from Maurice 's ill-secured gangplank , the whole morning 's mail soaked away in the great river 's load of rubbish , the GPO , with every reason on its side , had notified the Reach that they could no longer undertake deliveries . |
| 5 | It was at this moment that the Danzig dockers union , inspired as much by anti-Polish sentiment as by fellow feeling for Soviet brother-workers , decided that they would no longer handle supplies and munitions destined for Poland . |