Example sentences of "[pron] see now " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had rigged up a sort of tent , I saw now , draping his jacket over the open door , a shirt over her legs . |
| 2 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 3 | I saw now exactly why , when General Francis 's name came up , Daisy bemoaned the fact that she had not been born twenty years earlier . |
| 4 | I saw now what I 'd known all the time , only I 'd hidden it craftily from myself because it did n't fit in with what I wanted to do , that Terry and I had no basis for a love-affair ; we were friends who happened to be attracted to each other physically , which was far from enough , and by thinking it was enough we 'd gone against the very nature of our relationship . |
| 5 | He dismounted , still holding his carbine , which I saw now was an old . |
| 6 | I see now that finally , critically , and most insidiously of all , I had started to lose my self-respect . |
| 7 | I see now why civil servants get so desiccated . |
| 8 | But I see now that the end is something farther , higher , more utterly frightful . |
| 9 | ‘ I see now . ’ |
| 10 | I see now that a child knows these things intuitively , including those things which are at first beyond its own experience . |
| 11 | ‘ But I see now there 's no point in hiding them any longer . |
| 12 | I see now why many men were lost out there . |
| 13 | I see now why Ms Batten and Mr Randall use one ! |
| 14 | I see now that it was just his way of keeping me on my mettle and making sure I did n't get big-headed . |
| 15 | I see now what 't is all about — what the old josser is after ! |
| 16 | They were used to taking the young seriously , and they were right , I see now : everyone has to begin somewhere . |
| 17 | I had meant what I said about being ‘ free ’ , and though I see now that young women often use this argument as a retreat from struggle , a kind of laziness , I did not see it then . |
| 18 | He must have thought I meant our marriage , I see now . |
| 19 | I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way . |
| 20 | I see now why you 're so anxious to get me married off to Honor . |
| 21 | I see now we 've got lots to do this morning , you 're going to need to ignore what 's going on behind me , ah , it 's not happening , right , as I said to you at the very beginning of September I 'm the star , so you pay attention to me . |
| 22 | And it 's the same for the boy ; I thought I could keep him from it , but I see now I ca n't . |
| 23 | What I see now is the complete futility , the gross over-production , the immeasurable waste of emotion and words . |
| 24 | I see now that the simplest reconstruction is fraught with difficulty . |
| 25 | I see now that these were just the first skirmishes in a never-ending guerrilla war . |
| 26 | It was excepted that that , in a lot of cases wives were expected to give their jobs up when they 're married , but I see now the mo , my er , not my own children but my young nieces and nephews , the men , th the husbands are present at the birth of their children , they are enchanted , they are making fantastic fathers because they are taking responsibilities ! |
| 27 | ‘ I had made up my mind to put this proposition to you today , ’ he said , ‘ but I see now that this was not the right moment to approach you , ma petite . |
| 28 | COUNTESS : 'Tiis true , sir , I see now it is one of mine . |
| 29 | I see now it was all sexual jealousy , but then it seemed a betrayal of principles . |
| 30 | Wait till I see now . |