Example sentences of "and now [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 2 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 3 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 4 | And now it 's finally happening . |
| 5 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 6 | So that 's all arranged and now it 's just waiting for everything |
| 7 | He says it 'd be devastating — we built the bungalow just 6 years ago and I 've built the farm up over the years and now it 's all going to go under water . |
| 8 | And now it 's almost finished , except for one last job . |
| 9 | And now he 's nowhere earning |
| 10 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 11 | Lee Clark has fought a patient battle to force his way into Keegan 's plans and now he is rapidly proving indispensable . |
| 12 | Mrs and now she 's just gon na go burn out ! . |
| 13 | The white men took away our land , ’ she said tucking the coin down the front of her dirty dress , ‘ And now there is nowhere left to grow maize . |