Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] longer [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 2 | So , you see , little Miss Ellie Browne with an ‘ E ’ , why I decided that I no longer wish to put it down to experience . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I no longer wish to discuss this matter with you , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I 've had my picture taken alongside most of Snowdonia 's summit cairns and I no longer feel prodded by guide books or pressured by time to tick off one top after another . |
| 5 | There 's a second group of students who write to me after that letter in May , and say , ‘ I no longer want to do English at university . |
| 6 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
| 7 | Also what struck me was now that they they 're not fighting the Japanese erm they 're not required to make the sacrifices of war that they were so perhaps they 're going to think right let's see what we can make out of this , I do n't , I no longer have to pay X tax because |
| 8 | But by an expensive , slow and very laborious liming , composting and cover-cropping , he has established a natural cycle which no longer requires topping up with nutrients . |
| 9 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 10 | This removes a lot of work from the main processor which no longer has to bother with keyboard scanning , buffering , etc . |
| 11 | He believes that the deterrent effect , which no longer seems to exist for young people , should be reinstated . |
| 12 | Those who no longer wish to disregard the insidious pollution and degradation of the environment are driven to despair . |
| 13 | Lord Tebbit IT is wrong for people who no longer play to enforce changes on those who do . |
| 14 | Carling believes : ‘ It is wrong for people who no longer play to enforce changes on those who do . |
| 15 | Now , in Housesitter , he plays the part of a jilted architect who has built a house for the girlfriend who no longer wants to marry him . |
| 16 | In many cases the shabashniki have abandoned their official jobs and are organized into independent teams who no longer do work for private individuals but work virtually as ‘ troubleshooters ’ for public concerns which have run into problems . |
| 17 | He had the air , not of the proprietor of the hotel , but of a long-term guest who no longer bothered to pay his bills . |
| 18 | We are trying to be economical and do n't want to waste postage for those who no longer want to support the scheme , so please get in touch with either Helen ( 632 8214 ) or Theresa ( 638 5882 ) . |
| 19 | She no longer felt threatened by Joe . |
| 20 | Another of my concerns was that Mrs Allen would not bother to cook and eat meals now that she no longer had to prepare anything for her husband . |
| 21 | When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone . |
| 22 | Actress Maureen Lipman , who played a Jewish mother in the long-running series of ads , said earlier this year she no longer wanted to play Beattie . |
| 23 | She no longer needed to jump in the swimming pool to raise £5 , though if it had been necessary she would probable have done it : " You believe in God but you also use every means possible to raise funds . |
| 24 | It was cooler tonight than it had been of late , besides which she no longer dared to sleep in her underwear , and she pulled on a shortie nightshirt , a farewell present from her brothers . |
| 25 | Conversation was easier now , and although Alison noticed that Carson managed to keep it centred around her life and background she no longer tried to push and probe . |
| 26 | However , these particular instances do not meet the general proposition that if the husband and wife have drifted apart , and the woman has made it known that she no longer wants to have sex with her husband , it is wrong that the husband who has sex with her without her consent is exempt from conviction for rape . |
| 27 | I say this because I have the feeling that you no longer wish to join your cousins in Wisconsin . |
| 28 | Why did you not have the common decency to inform your uncle Orrin of where you were going , even if you no longer wish to oblige your mother and me ? ’ |
| 29 | If you decide within one month of the issue of your Family Bond that you no longer wish to continue with the contract , you may return your Bond document to the Society who will refund your contributions . |
| 30 | And can you , if you have a report , sell it if you no longer wish to buy the property ? |