Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wo n't be your mistress much longer , will I , Gabriel ? ’ she said sadly . |
| 2 | ‘ Team Toyota Europe want them to go to the Safari and they ca n't put off a decision much longer . |
| 3 | When the , the laundry was knocked down it seemed to be the end of an era that er , it did n't seem to be like park much longer . |
| 4 | I should not be able to postpone my attempt much longer . |
| 5 | Unable to bear the tension any longer , she turned to look at Ryan . |
| 6 | And then , unable to bear the silence and tension any longer , she raised her slim arms towards him . |
| 7 | There was no boat any longer in Nutley 's boathouse . |
| 8 | He said Sabine rushed out of the study , saying she was not going to wait on the boat any longer . |
| 9 | When I eventually reached the gods I hesitated , afraid to push the door open , but after a couple of minutes I became too frightened to stand there in the dark any longer . |
| 10 | In 1799 the shearmen of Wiltshire threatened those who were introducing dressing machinery : " if you follow this practice any longer … we will keep som people to watch you about with loaded Blunderbuss or Pistols And will certainly blow your Brains out it is no use to destroy the Factorys But put you Damn 'd Villions to death " . |
| 11 | The girl said she still thinks fondly of her time in England — but could not bear to stay at University College any longer . |
| 12 | Even Europe is becoming a united country , not a continent any longer . |
| 13 | In 1739 Woodrop and Colquhoun precipitated a minor crisis by refusing to tolerate Weir 's absenteeism any longer , and the former in fact greatly alarmed James Graham by threatening to resign . |
| 14 | Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning . |
| 15 | She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship . |
| 16 | I mean The Sun is absolutely I mean I did tr have a go at reading the first one and I thought well I ca n't read this trash any longer , think I read two pages . |
| 17 | She could n't stand this uncertainty any longer . |
| 18 | At last , unable to delay confrontation any longer , she went downstairs to find Penry emerging from the study as she reached the kitchen . |
| 19 | It was no good , she could n't play-act indifference any longer . |
| 20 | The consequent reduction in his income had meant that he could not afford to run a car any longer , and therefore he had been seeing less and less of his girlfriend , who lived 15 miles away . |
| 21 | This part is made from a piece of plexiglass slightly longer and wider than the column . |
| 22 | Problems that improve temporarily and then relapse again and the previously effective remedy no longer works ; a dose or two of Sulphur in this situation will often either clear up the problem or will allow the indicated remedy to work again . |
| 23 | The moment of penetration no longer has the aura of an earth-shaking moral event in a person 's life . |
| 24 | The wheel no longer turns . |
| 25 | It had been a heady day when she noticed the photograph no longer in a place of honour , on the chest of drawers , but moved to a shelf where it could hardly be seen , and then face down , and then in the bottom of a drawer . |
| 26 | Where a property was sold following a period of letting , Customs had argued that the Association no longer had a ‘ person constructing ’ status and was not , therefore , entitled to claim input relief on property selling costs . |
| 27 | I can now consider that the new system of sponsoring foreseen by the Lawn Tennis Association no longer contains appreciable restrictions of competition and therefore the file will be closed . ’ |
| 28 | His physical attractions were undeniable , and the idea of an abrupt transition from colleague to lover no longer seemed remarkable . |
| 29 | Well , if we draw stumps and do n't go to them and somebody writes to the Chief Constable and says I 'm very disappointed that your force no longer is gone A L O's then I shall be very happy that that letters received by the Chief because we can say well we told you so . |
| 30 | The mill pond no longer exists , its place now taken by two fast-flowing streams . |