Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] longer had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 2 | I no longer had an erection . |
| 3 | I could not go inside B.P. , as I no longer had a security pass . |
| 4 | ‘ I cried a lot coming out of my teens , ’ says Charlotte , now 22 , ‘ because I realised that I no longer had an excuse to play out the role of mother 's beloved charge . |
| 5 | I no longer had cravings for sweet or spicy food . |
| 6 | I forgot my circumstances talking to her , that I no longer had power to help , that in a few hours I 'd be gone , and I said , ‘ Of course I 'd love to visit you , I 'd be honoured . |
| 7 | It had dawned on me that not only was I leaving the comfortingly familiar surroundings of primary school but that I no longer had any influence whatsoever on the other pupils at the school which I had had before but I was to be demoted to ‘ the annoying first year ’ . |
| 8 | The cake I had eaten ( thoughtfully , and in the true spirit ) had been meant for someone no longer able to make cake for herself ; the apple for someone who no longer had a garden . |
| 9 | These were often displaced nurse managers who no longer had line management responsibilities at district level . |
| 10 | If the centre could no longer deliver the goods , reasoned many Ukrainians and Belorussians , the union itself no longer had any purpose . |
| 11 | Since she no longer had her own victory brooch to hold , she thought about Mrs Hollidaye 's , pinned to the lapel of her hairy jacket . |
| 12 | Minnie Robinson still sent the occasional line but now Wimpole Street had been sold and she no longer had the doings of all the Barretts to catalogue her letters were empty things and difficult to respond to . |
| 13 | Another of my concerns was that Mrs Allen would not bother to cook and eat meals now that she no longer had to prepare anything for her husband . |
| 14 | Hari nodded , she was glad of the trade , orders had dropped off lately and now she no longer had the boots of Edward Morris to repair , she was finding work hard to come by . |
| 15 | She realized she no longer had any doubts about this shabby metal cup . |
| 16 | She no longer had any need to switch the tape on . |
| 17 | She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken . |
| 18 | Then Adam quietly explained that she no longer had a job . |
| 19 | The widow had lost ; she had to pay the costs and the fine and she began falling behind in the rent to the landlord since she no longer had a cow and its milk to sell . |
| 20 | But she no longer had her hair ! |
| 21 | And now she no longer had even the conviction of her rightness to sustain her . |
| 22 | It had all put her in Glyn 's power somehow and she no longer had that feeling of independence she had fought so hard to gain . |
| 23 | After her interview with J. D. O'Connor she had mitigated her whoppers to Matey and Dr Neil by moving on to the West End , where she walked along Oxford Street , entering Mr Gordon Selfridge 's store , gazing as raptly at its wonders as though she were truly the poor girl whom she pretended to be , the whole place seeming quite different now that she no longer had her papa 's bottomless purse at her command . |
| 24 | Suddenly realising that she no longer had their attention , and that they were both listening to a woman 's voice loudly exclaiming from outside , she lamely tailed off . |
| 25 | She no longer had the money to make ends meet . |
| 26 | Her expression showed that she no longer had any time for jokes . |
| 27 | She no longer had any idea what it was she wanted to say to him . |
| 28 | She let everything out , she did not hold back , she no longer had anything to fear for she had the support of the women behind her . |
| 29 | ‘ Would it mean that you no longer had jurisdiction , sir ? ’ |
| 30 | We were able to lower the nose to improve visibility and to reduce the height of the whole car because we no longer had to worry about having the exhaust pipes running under the passenger compartment . |