Example sentences of "[adj] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very heartening now to witness some of the excellent combat shots taken at the time — Eighth Air Force bombers being escorted to places as far afield as Berlin with a mass of Packard Merlin-engined Mustangs indulging in a leapfrog technique which meant fighter waves could follow the bombers , fight and be relieved by another escort wave . |
| 2 | ‘ Also , a lot of the big names are getting less advertising work , and they are more prepared now to do editorial , which does mean more competition ’ . |
| 3 | He was quite prepared now to admit that he had been mistaken about Marie : that she was not thick and that , though she was not very articulate , she was , in her way , intelligent , kind , even sensitive . |
| 4 | You should be feeling confident , bold and assertive now making this an ideal time for meeting your boss or bank manager and getting support for a new idea , concept or venture that you 're sure is a winner . |
| 5 | The rugby season proper now begins in September . |
| 6 | The Mutiny of 1857 had disrupted all these , and the British now experimented in social , governmental , and economic practice . |
| 7 | Grudgingly the British now agreed to a joint expedition , but they were determined to launch it on their own terms , which were quite different from de Gaulle 's . |
| 8 | ( Examination of the minutes referred to earlier suggests that the same is true of many other cases of closure in the Region , although the Director is careful now to propose closures on ‘ educational grounds ’ , and to direct that the–parents and School Council be consulted ) . |
| 9 | Why do n't , you 've got to be careful now have n't you ? |
| 10 | Would it , Celia debated with herself , be wrong now to ask her to become a godparent ? |
| 11 | They were willing now to start drawing the water out of the bottoms of Charles Roe 's old workings i.e. below Deep Level random . |
| 12 | I suppose if he 'd been alive , I 'd be afraid now to meet him . |
| 13 | Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones . |
| 14 | Still the local commander attempted to retake it by one of those spontaneous counter-attacks , but Pétain now intervened , crying hold , enough . |
| 15 | To these Pétain now returns . |
| 16 | bit messy now come in |
| 17 | It wants a more detailed report , but Llewellyn , though free now to continue playing , will eventually be subject to the same disciplinary measures as a player sent off at home . |
| 18 | So y w feel free now to ask questions I mean , you must have something that worries you about about this partic I can only really talk about the exam . |
| 19 | He himself had seen all he wanted of the Heathertons , and was free now to get on with his studies , without interruption . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , oh god almighty , everything 's free , once you 've paid your entrance fee everything 's free now look |
| 21 | ‘ And we seem disposed now to frame our laws as if everybody were alike innocent . ’ |
| 22 | The most recent figures show a dramatic change , with the proportion of long-term unemployed now constituting a disturbing 41 per cent of all unemployed people . |
| 23 | A total of 65 industrial premises are empty now compared with 30 two years ago , and Mr Owen estimates if they were all occupied around 2,780 new jobs would be created . |
| 24 | The young old now keep one foot in the full humanity of middle age . |
| 25 | We are too old now to make new friends . |
| 26 | I am too old now to play at any mock repentance . ’ |
| 27 | For myself , I am perhaps too old now to hope to return . |
| 28 | He went on ‘ I am too old now to think you can improve people 's natures . |
| 29 | It is almost impossible now to service a major client without such internal specialists at your elbow to help . |
| 30 | It is impossible now to say . |