Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] no " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I think that people would be justified in rebuking me for deceiving them as to my whereabouts , but that I would no more have actually lied than if I had thrown my voice and said ‘ Cooee ‘ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ So you see , I am happy , yet I regret that I can no longer be of any assistance to you , ’ Ybreska murmured , ‘ deferentially . |
| 4 | as if this were not enough , I now realise that I can no longer give Jacob children . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 9 | I was now so thin , so tubular that I could no longer wear a belt . |
| 10 | The truth is that I could no longer tell whether I was cold or not , hungry or not . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I found that I could no longer hear the boat 's engine . |
| 13 | Either I have to give you so much information about myself that you are forced to admit that I could no more have killed my wife than Flaubert could have committed suicide ; or else I merely say , That 's all , that 's enough . |
| 14 | Everything hurt unremittingly and I could no longer pretend I could ignore it . |
| 15 | I could no longer ignore the differences between myself and my companions , and I could no longer lie about those differences , but kept quiet instead , withdrawing further into myself . |
| 16 | Then that was changed by my weaker side of brain and I could no longer " get inspired " . |
| 17 | Then Mr Broadhurst seemed to start towards me and I could no longer be sure where he was , in my head , on the shop window or the pavement ? |
| 18 | Somebody pushed between us and I could no longer hear what she was saying . |
| 19 | And everything would have been fine , except of course nature took its course and I could no longer pretend that I was n't pregnant . |
| 20 | However , justifying the decision several days later , Markovic said : " Slovenia had refused all appeals from the federal government and I could no longer take responsibility for the further development of events in the republic . " |
| 21 | My glasses are creased by running water and I can no longer see past the end of the boat . |
| 22 | Both my mind and my eyesight are becoming very worn and I can no longer write and answer letters as I should wish . |
| 23 | If I could no longer eidetik effectively , had my status as apprentice and licentiate of the Brahmin of the Banal been removed at one fell stroke ? |
| 24 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 25 | But I could no longer bear my life to be shrouded in the Guérigny grief . |
| 26 | I will no longer be there , he wrote , but I will no longer be needed . |
| 27 | Perhaps there is still something in it , but I can no longer see it . |
| 28 | ‘ Your loyalty is very touching , ’ she forced herself to speak , ‘ thank you all for this fine gesture , but I can no longer afford to maintain a staff of servants . |
| 29 | ‘ If I leave , my testimonial year wo n't have the same impact because I 'll no longer be a West Ham player . ’ |
| 30 | The vision of suicide has now subsided , because I can no longer see my broken body clearly on the dark pavement below . |