Example sentences of "no [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yet straightaway I knew that something had changed , since that distant Moscow meeting and our encounter three years ago in Switzerland : for some reason I no longer felt desire stirring for her .
2 How pleased Mama would be ! — and she no longer took things for granted as she once had .
3 And he no longer took things at face value .
4 The dentist I had been going to for years no longer took NHS patients .
5 Though Marcus no longer took part in this process , he never missed a single morning ; he liked to know everything that was going on — how many cargo-ships berthed for loading or unloading — how many hours taken to clear each one — how many men needed on every job .
6 He no longer meant Pascoe , he meant himself .
7 You only have to look and see what happened in Germany when Beckenbauer retired , in Brazil when they lost Pele and Holland when they no longer had Cruyff .
8 Representation of shires and boroughs had also been determined : the King no longer had discretion to decide which communities might send up M.P.s , although it was of course open to him to make new enfranchisements by royal charter .
9 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 .
10 He no longer had men like Harold Nicolson who had accompanied him to Rome , but it seemed likely that the new deputation to Germany might include William Joyce .
11 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 .
12 But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board .
13 New words and phrases entered the language of education : open plan buildings no longer had classrooms , they had home bases or teaching areas ; the maths bay became a resource area ; teachers worked in teams ; the timetable was replaced by a continually renegotiable programme ; staff rooms were regarded as places of retreat but parents ' rooms were essential .
14 These were often displaced nurse managers who no longer had line management responsibilities at district level .
15 ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’
16 ‘ Would it mean that you no longer had jurisdiction , sir ? ’
17 I no longer had cravings for sweet or spicy food .
18 Promotion to officer class meant that he no longer had time to care for his own litters .
19 In applying that how that they did n't implement land reform because it was n't viable but if erm another way of looking at it is that how the Communist Party no longer saw land reform as the best way , means of achieving greater
20 He no longer saw Benny standing before him , but a dark-skinned woman , whom he barely recognized after such a long time .
21 No , she no longer saw Ryan .
22 So intently watching himself he no longer saw Richard and he pushed a finger smeared with cold gel gently into the hole , then the cock pressed against the opening and pushed .
23 started to climb the hill , Maisie , who no longer walked yards behind the men in her life , took Robert 's arm and started to sing .
24 GEM format — Draw , Artline 1 and Artline 2 — needing an upgrade from the now no longer supported Artline or who use an application that works with .
25 But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent .
26 But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent .
27 Rachaela no longer hated Ruth .
28 Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material .
29 And the Duke made sure that they no longer gave employment in the studios to these conspirators .
30 The island no longer gave men without much capital the economic opportunity sometimes to be found on a frontier , where land can be acquired cheaply by anyone prepared to make the great effort needed to clear it and plant the first crops .
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