Example sentences of "now [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon , however , we were midway down and into a steep , narrow , rocky section , where it was turn now or go straight into freefall . |
| 2 | Call now or write for further details of this unusual offer . |
| 3 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 4 | It will be an expensive detour for users — it is much simpler to either buy Windows now or wait for Windows NT which promises links into Unix . ’ |
| 5 | The only question is whether we do it now or lose out altogether by supposing we can do it later . |
| 6 | She had to snatch it now or lose it forever . |
| 7 | Would you care to accompany me now or follow in a couple of minutes when you have finished your conversation ? ’ |
| 8 | Scarlet should either stop drinking now or drink a lot more : she was never actually troublesome when she was intoxicated , but she could get argumentative and tedious . |
| 9 | The question is therefore asked with an implication attached to it of ‘ do I have to start getting really worried now or do I have time to adjust to this bad news ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you want me to make a start now or do you want me |
| 11 | Do you want to give them now or do it at the end ? |
| 12 | do you want to set a date for another meeting just now or do you want to get in touch later George ? |
| 13 | Yes thank you Mr er Mrs do you want to come in now or do you want |
| 14 | Er Do you have a stamp collection now or have you ever collected stamps ? |
| 15 | Secondly , erm actually most of the rest of us on the governing body , or many of the rest of us on the governing body , even though we 're not parent Governors , are either now or have been parents of children at Banbury School , and that includes some of the political members too , so that erm I hope we all share the same interests . |
| 16 | CALL NOW OR COMPLETE THE COUPON FOR YOUR FREE PRINTER GUIDE AND INFORMATION PACK . |
| 17 | Hence : ( 27 ) Pass the salt +> pass the salt now Or reconsider example ( i ) repeated here : ( 28 ) A : Can you tell me the time ? |
| 18 | Well I shall sign off now & see if I can get in the office . |
| 19 | Now that ail sound that A sound it 's usually either it 'll be A L E or it 'll be A I L. |
| 20 | If Adam was speaking like he is now that pick it up . |
| 21 | And there 's things going on now that frighten me . ’ |
| 22 | I wonder if they 've got any here now that have n't got any time signatures , because that 's the other thing that they they like to give you . |
| 23 | Cos these lads now that have gone back , and they were scabs then and they 'll scabs they will be all their lives now . |
| 24 | It was only now that appreciate what nature has known all along . |
| 25 | I 'd like , I 'd just say that I the the are professionals now that do know more about eating disorders and I do think there are clinics being set up . |
| 26 | Now that do n't work on its own . |
| 27 | now that do have a , a , sort of a lasting effect . |
| 28 | Mark ( feeling better now that soff his chest ; - ) |
| 29 | I think you 've got to do something drastic , at the end of last year a considerable number of working parties and committees were actually reduced or eliminated , and I look at education and I look at the sub- committees of education , they 've all been replaced by working parties now that meet more and more regularly . |
| 30 | Suppose now that Pry and the seller of the house have reached agreement on the sale , but no formal acceptance of Pry 's offer has been drawn up by the seller 's solicitors . |