Example sentences of "was no [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decision to pass obliquely across the Paris defences became evident to the French on the morning of 3 September , when British air reconnaissance revealed that his First Army was no longer moving toward Paris but had wheeled southeast toward Compiègne . |
| 2 | It marked a vital staging post on Constance 's path to independence and made clear to Nora that she was no longer dealing with a child . |
| 3 | Joyce was no longer living with his first wife . |
| 4 | Boldwood was no longer listening to her . |
| 5 | Certainly the foreman was no longer leaning against the door-jamb ; he was standing properly now , arms unfolded . |
| 6 | Harry was no longer looking at him , but felt sure he had leaned forward across his desk , as if their discussion were only now taking the desired direction . |
| 7 | He was no longer looking at Mandy . |
| 8 | When I got to London Chrissie was no longer working in the shop . |
| 9 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
| 10 | The world which He had made was no longer going in the way that He wanted . |
| 11 | She did , to say she was no longer travelling by air the next morning . |
| 12 | In this way hunger , in the sense of the desire for food , gradually disappeared , and I was no longer lying to myself or others about its absence . |
| 13 | Stark was no longer lying in the mud . |
| 14 | But Dottie was no longer talking about the murder . |
| 15 | But the ward was no longer shining with peaceful light . |