Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calling in at Lowestoft I found to my surprise that I was on the promotion list and viewed the prospect with mixed feelings as at the time this meant that I would no longer be eligible to crew on the cutters . |
| 2 | ‘ So you see , I am happy , yet I regret that I can no longer be of any assistance to you , ’ Ybreska murmured , ‘ deferentially . |
| 3 | as if this were not enough , I now realise that I can no longer give Jacob children . |
| 4 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it . |
| 5 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it . |
| 6 | It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores , like shopping and housework , when I needed it . |
| 7 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 8 | I was now so thin , so tubular that I could no longer wear a belt . |
| 9 | The truth is that I could no longer tell whether I was cold or not , hungry or not . |
| 10 | I have loved rugby union all my life and will continue so to do ; the thrilling Australian rugby league tourists of 1982 and 1986 meant that I could no longer choose to ignore the other code of rugby football . |
| 11 | I found that I could no longer hear the boat 's engine . |
| 12 | Presumably Miss Philimore had placed some sort of order before she left , forgetting that she would no longer be around to take delivery . |
| 13 | Faced with this pressure Aquino met with supporters in the Senate and with Cabinet officials on Sept. 23 and announced that she would no longer press for a referendum , although she would not prevent others from doing so . |
| 14 | ‘ But in fact , it is Elinor 's doctors and consultants who feel that she will no longer need you . |
| 15 | The anguish of being parted from her beloved sons William and Harry will be made even worse by the knowledge that she can no longer share her troubles with her father . |
| 16 | But this does not necessarily mean that she can no longer be a religious person . |
| 17 | When the teacher inhibits the child from pointing and pretends not to be able to see the picture , the child understands that the communicative situation has changed , that she can no longer rely on the shared visual context and she makes her reference explicit ( the teddy ) , locates him verbally rather than by pointing to him ( on the chair ) and makes explicit how the second picture differs from the first ( there ai n't no teddy ) . |
| 18 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |
| 19 | It seemed that she could no longer use this place to escape from the reality of the present : from her fears for Simon and Bella , her growing rage against Gazzer and from a terrible , sinister premonition that her life was about to fall apart . |
| 20 | He sensed the growing tension in Mariana and felt her turn her head so that she could no longer see the wall of cloud less than half a mile to their left . |
| 21 | He felt her cheeks run wet with tears , then heard her breaths shorten as he entered her ; then fully , masterfully , possessed her body , so that she could no longer free herself if she would . |
| 22 | They had been bought by a well intended but misguided woman who found that she could no longer afford to keep them . |
| 23 | She was the last person living to speak the language of the native islanders , so it was a pity that she could no longer use her tongue , except now and then to rasp out a harsh fragment of a song . |
| 24 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 25 | During the first days of that Holy Week Mrs Abigail continued to believe that she could not endure a marriage that was a travesty , and that she could no longer endure life in Dynmouth . |
| 26 | But now , with her fires so stoked that she could no longer contain them , her messages were confused . |
| 27 | ‘ As a Vascar , ’ said Trevor Newsom to a woman in a purple , off-the-shoulder frock , ‘ you must surely regret that you can no longer grow the extra arms and legs on which your livelihood depends ? ’ |
| 28 | Whatever your scenario in December , what is being brought home to you is that you can no longer stand on the sidelines of your own life . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's the recommendation that you can no longer trust . ’ |
| 30 | The King 's doctors will make sure that you can no longer see . ’ |