Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] longer see " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I looked back I could no longer see the clearing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She could no longer see the Steep yet the feeling of the dark airless room she had left behind , the sound of her foster-parents breathing heavily in the close darkness , still seemed to hang about her and draw her back . |
| 5 | Ruth saw she could n't last long ; her face had a blind look , as if she could no longer see through the dazzling fire . |
| 6 | Soon she could no longer see anything clearly , nor could she make out what the beetles were saying . |
| 7 | But although she could no longer see anything , she could swear that the star stopped on the edge of the hole and did not go in ! |
| 8 | She could no longer see what was happening , and certainly could n't feel anything . |
| 9 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 10 | Isabel 's eyes were suddenly opaque , you could no longer see into them and Kathleen shook her head . |
| 11 | He waited until he could no longer see the reflection of her candle , before going back to the dining room . |
| 12 | Holly could not resist , and they squeezed him out from the hole and when his feet were clear the two men stamped together on the steel plate to flatten it back , and between his knees he could no longer see the whiteness of snow on the stones and the zebra flash of the sleepers . |
| 13 | After a further period , even he could no longer see it . |
| 14 | His vision misted over and he could no longer see . |
| 15 | His tummy had grown very large and when he walked he could no longer see his thin , mis-shapen legs . |